Preamble

No good wife or mother will be able to give to her family good, varieties and balance food without depending or make use of pot.

Pot is one of the major needs of women in the kitchen. From it food is being prepare for the family.

No wonder women place a high level of importance on their pots. They wash it clean, dry it, carefully handle it,even disallowed it to get burnt, they will never allow it to get RUST. I know you will remember how our olden days mothers took care of their pot mostly the local pot.

Ezekiel 24:3-14

Tell my rebellious people this parable that I, the Sovereign Lord, have for them:

Set the pot on the fire and fill it up with water.

4 Put in the best pieces of meat—

    the shoulders and the legs—

    fill it with choice bony pieces too.

5 Use the meat of the finest sheep;

    pile the wood under the pot.

Let the water boil;

    boil the bones and the meat.”

6 This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “The city of murderers is doomed! It is like a corroded pot that is never cleaned. Piece after piece of meat is taken out, and not one is left. 7 There was murder in the city, but the blood was not spilled on the ground where the dust could hide it; it was spilled on a bare rock. 8 I have left the blood there, where it cannot be hidden, where it demands angry revenge.”

9 This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “The city of murderers is doomed! I myself will pile up the firewood. 10 Bring more wood! Fan the flames! Cook the meat! Boil away the broth! Burn up the bones! 11 Now set the empty bronze pot on the coals and let it get red-hot. Then the pot will be ritually pure again after the corrosion is burned off, 12 although all that corrosion will not disappear in the flames. 13 Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger. 14 I, the Lord, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

Definition of some words that associated with corrosion

👉🏿 RUST

The deteriorated state or iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation

👉🏿 OXIDATION

The combination of a substance will oxygen.

👉🏿 MOISTURE

A degree of moderate wetness that makes damp or that settle on a metal or iron.

👉🏿 DROSS

Water or impure matter or residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation.

👉🏿 SCUM

A layer of impurities that accumulated in the surface of liquid.

A greenish water (algae) usually floating on the surface of water or pond.

A reprehensible (blameworthy,guilty) person or persons.

NOTE: If scum appears on the surface of water

It change the colour of the water slightly

It change the taste of the water*

It change the texture of the water. It make it greasy

It devalues the water

It waste the effort of the owner of the water........

Causes of Rust

🎤 Combination of water,air and metallic object (pot) bring about RUST OR CORROSION.

A metallic object that will last long in the hand of the owner must be protected,secured, preserved from settlement of moist on it.

Because.

It will damage the pot

The pot will suffer abandonment temporarily or permanently

Reduces the life span of the pot.

If used it is used like that,it will contaminate the meal and give non expected taste. A rusted pot used to cook food will contaminate the meal and give it unpalatable taste which can also cause illness.

Pot & Moist (Water)

It talk much about MINISTERS AND SIN.

POT is the Ministers of gospel where food is been cooked for the people of God. God uses them as vessel where balance food (word of God is being prepared for the church.

MOIST.

I call it SIN. When moist is settled in the the pot the pot rust and change the taste of the content in it.

When a minister of God allow sin to settle in/on his or her life, he will bring forth contaminated food(messages or sermon). His sermon changes, he preaches what the people want to hear not what God want them to hear. No wonder we have slot of contaminated,undone, adamant people seated on church pew this days, because the pot that cook the message is corroded.

Vs6

This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “The city of murderers is doomed! It is like a corroded pot that is never cleaned. Piece after piece of meat is taken out, and not one is left.

Uncleaned it dirty vessel cannot bring out clean content.

What type of pot are you?

Clean?

Dirty?

Filthy and stinking?

Note that moist(sin) doesn't just pour in itself in the pot voluminously, is just accumulation of mists,droplets of water. Likewise sin will not posses a man of God drastically,but through little little lies, admiration of mundane things of the word,eye for ladies in the church like Samson.

Watch yourself is the warning!

Uncleaned or dirty vessel cannot bring out clean content.

Isaiah 1:21-23

The city that once was faithful is behaving like a whore! At one time it was filled with righteous people, but now only murderers remain. 22 Jerusalem, you were once like silver, but now you are worthless; you were like good wine, but now you are only water. 23 Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.

Common noticeable rust(Sin) in the pot(Ministers Life)

Presently there are sins that is now a norm in the lives of some ministers in which church members, commoners, even armed rubbers knows and believe a common thing. What will you be saying it is not possible to stay 24hrs without sin.

Read

Isaiah 1:21-23

🖍️ Incessant Lying even on the pulpit

When lying doesn't mean anything to man God is as result of Moist.

Fabricate stories that doesn't happen to buttress our preachings. We add to our testimonies to make it sweet to our heaters. Making us a laughing stock to sensible members.

🖍️ Embezzlement of Church Money. V23.

They are thieves and companion of thieves. They follow after rewards.

Some believe that church money belong to the pastor. Yes you may be right,but shoild know that there is finance committee in the church to determine what goes to you. A tight that belong to the church you corner it because the man brought it during the week so that he will not soendbit before Sunday. The remminants harvest or anniversary envelopes that was given to you a week after the anniversary you corner. Permit me to tell you,younate a thief in collar rather a thief on the pulpit.

🖍️ Illicit Sexual involvement v21.

Very rampart now hearing pastor sleeping with choir sisters and elders wife,worst still sleeping with a colleague's wife.

Sexual harrasment in vicarage and church office is no longer new. What about ministers of God that have more than one wife claiming one wife cannot satisfy his high libido.

🖍️ Clamour For Mundane things of the word.

Ministers of tbe gospel competing materialism with hip Hop singers. We want our names to be the annal of record as the richest pastor of the biggest auditorium and larget population.Even if our name is not in heavenly record as most profitable servant.

Jeep,jet,jaquar, mansion, estate, University........ are very good but they aren't the criterial to heaven. Never forget the rich fool and the stingy rich man in the Bible.

More.......

🖍️ Syphoning Church members. V21 (bloody city).

The life of an animal is in the blood.

Some ministers are full of gimmicks to syphon people's pocket in the name of revival and giving. Members are not allowed to use their church mind to give again. Professionals in raising offering.

We forcefully collect their hard earned money through rigorous labour by blood.

What a systematic blood eaters we are

🖍️ Turning Ministry to Profession or career v23.

They do not defend the fatherless. The cause of widows is not their business. They are interested in their own reward, what they will get in ministry. They have good bible references to support their point.

They beg for revival in other or friends churches to make money. God's work is a money making venture for them. They are not concern about the perishing, dieing,widow,orphans,abused..... Alufa kowope.

Yes I know we need money, our children will go to school perfect.

But will need to do the primary work. You will get to level in ministry when money will be chasing or pursuing you.

The leave pursuance of money now and pursue God so later no ey will pursue you. My candid advise.

🖍️ Perversion Of Justice v23.

They take bribe to pervert justice. Those that give them gift are the saint even if they are thieve. Justice is not in their dictionary Ina's much money is involved. They accumulate wealth through injustice. This is a sign of settlement of moist in Minister's life that resulted to RUST.

🖍️ Deliberate Lateness to Church

Why not? Discussion that will bring money is going on In the vicarage, pastor must come late, he will come in few minutes to the sermon to present another, contaminated,tasteless,undone food to the unfortunate congregation. Already in spiritual coma.

🖍️ Mom Readiness to Listen to another man's preaching or teaching.

He is now Pastor Know all. Seating down to hear the Sunday School teachers teachings is now a taboo. He weigh and measure and evaluate people's message claiming to be homiletical. He disquise under church administration and responsibilities. Oh! how great is the work of rust in the life of unsuspecting man of God?

Am not trying to be judgemental here. Don't forget that am also a minister. What am saying to am saying to my myself.

Check it are these things not real in our time now.

Senior pastor can not wait and sit under the sermon of Junior it associate pastor.

May the Lord help us!

How to clean the pot out of rust

PROVERB 25:4

Take the impurities out of silver and the artist can produce a thing of beauty.

Take the away the dross from the silver.....

🔥 The content will be removed.

In vs 6 of the text.

The content will be brought out piece by piece. The accumulated sin will be removed not drastically. Even when you know that you have gone far and you want to amend your ways. It can never be done once because the moist doesn't gather drastically. Some character would have become part your life that you cannot let go at once. It is better not to fall at all than to fall and try to rise again because you would have secure injury.

🔥 Empty the pot.

Meaning that at the point of emptying the pot it will not be able to cook any food. Do you that if God is merciful to you and discovered you in your star of rust, He may not allow you to cook any food temporarily or permanently. Yes He will safe you but you may not be a pot(preacher) for him again. He may also allow you after you must have been sent to ZERO POINT to start again.

🔥 Must Be Fired Seriously. V11

The pot will be fired to a red hot state in order to pill the rust.

Those that knows the mind of God and backslide to the state of apostacy are very had to bring back to the fold. If they must be brought back we must set them on rigorous and serious continual fire. Can you see how dangerous it is to all water to settle on our pots?.

If fire is not applied vigorously. V13 because I have cleansed you and you were not cleansed,You will not be cleaned of your filthiness anymore. I pray we will not go astray that there will be no way out for us again.

Note vs 12

The scar will ever remain. There is always consequence for sin which no man can dodge. God will always forgive but what of the scar, dent, and shame if those time of Spiritual sleepiness? .

Those careless time of peeping into the world to enjoy the pleasure of sin are dangerous time. We should watch it because we may not live to say the story.

Men of God let's check our lifes very well.

Are will not a victim of any of these.

I shed inner tears as I was preparing for this teaching as the revelation was coming it pinch my heart what church and ministry as become in our time.

Note that there are some reserved pot that are waiting to takeover from rusted pot.

Conclusion

So now I, the Sovereign Lord, am telling them that they are just as useless as that. I will bring them all together in Jerusalem 20  In the same way that the ore of silver, copper, iron, lead,and tin is put in a refining furnace. My anger and rage will melt them the way fire melts ore 21 Yes, I will gather them in Jerusalem, build a fire under them, and melt them with my anger. 22  They will be melted in Jerusalem the way silver is melted in a furnace, and then they will know that they are feeling the anger of the Lord.”

Ezekiel 22:19-22.

God have a lot of pot untouched that he can use to cook food for His church. Those that have not bow down to or for idols.

He will never wait for :

Unyielding,dirty, contaminated pot

• Becleaned

• Bewatcful

• Bealert