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citizens of Heaven. As believers, it should be a great comfort to us that this broken, fallen world is not our home. We ...
05/26/2025

citizens of Heaven.

As believers, it should be a great comfort to us that this broken, fallen world is not our home. We are simply strangers passing through, chosen out of this world (John 15:19). Though we are, our citizenship, our hope, and our glory are not in this world, but we have a responsibility while passing through. Jesus calls us to “go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15). We are called to be busy, working to spread the gospel message, while on earth to glorify our Savior in heaven. What a privilege it is to be called a citizen of Heaven!

Jesus, a better high priest, seated at the right hand of God. Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus ascended into hea...
05/21/2025

Jesus, a better high priest, seated at the right hand of God.

Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of the Father. Our Savior, who is “able to save to the uttermost,” has given those who place their faith in Him direct access to the Father. We now have no need to have a priest make sacrifices on our behalf or intercede for us. We have no need to pray to the saints or to Mary as the Catholics wrongly do. We have a Great High Priest who intercedes for us, who is seated at the right hand of God (Romans 8:34). Christ is the better sacrifice, a better high priest, and the mediator of a better covenant. In Him we have obtained access to the Father through the Son’s sacrifice, which offers us a righteousness that is not our own but one that comes through faith in His finished work (Philippians 3:8-9).

“The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but He holds His priesthood permanently, because He continues forever. Consequently, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for His own sins and then for those of the people, since He did this once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever. Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.” Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭23‬-‭8:2

“Behold Him there the Risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless Righteousness, the great unchangeable I AM, the King of glory and...
04/20/2025

“Behold Him there the Risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless Righteousness, the great unchangeable I AM, the King of glory and of grace, one with Himself I cannot die, my soul is purchased by His blood, my life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ my Savior and my God.”

Today we celebrate our Risen Savior, our Spotless Lamb, our Living Hope, our Reigning King. Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, we can live. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 says, “For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” We serve an unchanging, everlasting God. One who rules and reigns over all creation. We have a Savior who is before all things and who holds all things together (Colossians 1:17). We have been ransomed by the blood of the Lamb (1 Peter 1:18-19) and we are called to live in this new life, since we have been raised with Christ (Colossians 3:1-4). Our response is one of worship and obedience to Christ, for who He is and what He has done.

“But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭

God the Just||It is easy to view God as loving, as kind, as forgiving, as gracious, as merciful. It can be harder to wra...
04/18/2025

God the Just||

It is easy to view God as loving, as kind, as forgiving, as gracious, as merciful. It can be harder to wrap our heads around the fact that simultaneously God is also jealous, full of wrath, and demands justice. We live in a culture that is willing to ignore those aspects of God, because they are the ones that demand something of us. If God is only loving, why would he call me to deny myself? If God is only forgiving, why would he call me to live a holy life? While it is true that God is loving and forgiving, in the same breath God is wrathful and cannot tolerate sin. He demands holiness, perfection. As a fallen, sinful human being this creates a problem. We are unable to meet this standard. But why couldn’t God just forgive our failures to meet his standard? Because God is just. Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death,” so God in his holiness must give sin its due punishment, death, and we are unable to make this payment.

This is where the good news of the gospel comes in. Jesus Christ took on the wrath of God on the cross. He paid the debt that was laid against us that we could not pay. 1 Peter 2:24 says, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” Because of the payment made on the cross the words of the old hymn ring true, “Because the sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free, for God the Just is satisfied, to look on Him and pardon me.” Because of Jesus’ work completed on the cross “there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Jesus Christ” (Romans 8:1).

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬-‭26‬

From Thanksgiving until now, I have had Austin Bahm’s voice in my head. I sat underneath his teaching for three and a ha...
12/17/2024

From Thanksgiving until now, I have had Austin Bahm’s voice in my head. I sat underneath his teaching for three and a half years at TBCU during my time in Hattiesburg. He began every Wednesday night with a statement, “I’m Austin Bahm and I *get to* be the college pastor at Temple Baptist Church.” Although this became a running joke within the college ministry, ending in novelty t-shirts, that phrase has stuck with me even as I’ve moved past college and into the workforce.

I work as a middle school English teacher, and any of my fellow teachers or school staff know that the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas break can only be described as hectic, to put it kindly. I have had many days in the last few weeks where I have wanted to hibernate until the next break. It is so easy to get bogged down in our jobs or everyday lives and have our minds shift to “I have to…” “I have to get lesson plans in,” “I have to stay late grading projects,” “I have to make study guides and tests for each class,” and the list could go on and on. However, every time I got overwhelmed and overstimulated, which was often, I heard his voice in my head, “I get to…”

It has reminded me of all of the blessings the Lord has given me and the place that he’s allowed me to serve in. I am not just a middle school English teacher. I am a middle school English teacher who teaches at a Christian school where we have the ability everyday to share the gospel in plain words and with the use of Scripture. I can have lessons centered around Christ everyday, even though I teach English. Everyday I encounter 76 students in my classroom. I have 76 souls who I am responsible for teaching not only English but also the gospel.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 is a highly quoted verse that tells us as Christians what God’s will for our lives is. It is to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances.” This is a great reminder to us as we go about our lives to focus on what matters and to “not grow weary in well doing,” as 2 Thessalonians 3:13 states. But we also must be mindful of the verses before and after this set. The following verses, specifically 23-24, remind us of who enables us to do these things. We are unable to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances,” without Christ. It is through his redemption that we have the ability to carry out God’s will, and it is through his continual sanctification that we are able to walk in accordance with that will. Yet even when we fail in this life, we can hold fast to his promise that, “He who called you is faithful; he will surely do it.” This is a promise that you will be sanctified completely when you meet Jesus face to face. You will not get it right everyday while on earth, but we set our hope on the One who is coming back again, One who will redeem and sanctity us fully what we have only seen in part until now.

What a blessed hope we have to serve a faithful God who has given us a job to do until he takes us home. We *get to* serve him, we *get to* tell his story, and we *get to* glorify his name among the nations. Let this be our attitude when we meet challenges, we *get to.*

“When I gaze upon His beauty, when I see Him as I should, then my eyes are lifted upward, for His glory and my good. I w...
06/20/2024

“When I gaze upon His beauty, when I see Him as I should, then my eyes are lifted upward, for His glory and my good. I will boast ever only in the Lord my God, for I know, His glory is my good.” -His Glory and My Good: CityAlight

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28‬-‭30‬

Romans 8:28 is often used a verse to falsely assure people that “all things work together for good.” however when the rest of 28 and the following verses are not applied, the true meaning of the verse is lost. this good is not a subjective good for each individual, because if what you consider to be “good” is in opposition to what brings God glory, it is not good. the good in this passage is that God “predestined [us] to be conformed to the image of his Son,” that he chose to save. this salvation brings him glory, and is for our good✨

Hello! My name is Brenley Lippert and I am the creator, writer, and designer of The Clay Pot Co. I have a passion for so...
05/20/2024

Hello! My name is Brenley Lippert and I am the creator, writer, and designer of The Clay Pot Co. I have a passion for sound doctrine and designing, and this page is the combination of those two loves.

Why the name, The Clay Pot Co.?
Numerous times throughout Scripture, God is referred to as the Potter and we, as his creation, are referred to as clay or vessels. This description of our relationship to the Lord, is one that I hold on to. It emphasizes the fact that God is the one who has created and equipped us for “every good work” (2 Timothy 2:21, 3:17), and that we are not in control (which is a great comfort to me as someone who strives to be in control of all situations, but fails often). This description shows that we are simply vessels, created by the Lord, to be of use to him in spreading his Word and telling of his glory. We proclaim a message that is not ourselves but is Jesus Christ as Lord (2 Corinthians 4:5). God uses lowly clay pots as his messengers to show the “power belongs to God and not to us” (2 Corinthians 4:7).

This is why I chose the name The Clay Pot Co., and the tagline “Just a clay pot that longs to be filled and used for God’s glory.” That is the ultimate desire of my heart, that my life can be of use to the Lord in furthering his kingdom.🪴

because He lives.”There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of...
03/31/2024

because He lives.

”There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭

why is Good Friday good?if Jesus was simply a good teacher or a prophet, Friday would surely not be considered good. but...
03/29/2024

why is Good Friday good?

if Jesus was simply a good teacher or a prophet, Friday would surely not be considered good. but we know that Jesus is so much more than a teacher or a prophet— He is the Son of God, the Lord of heaven and earth. if God is not sovereign, Friday would not be good. but we know that Jesus was, “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23). Jesus’ death did not take God by surprise. Friday is good because God’s plan of reconciliation, from before the foundations of the earth, was set in motion. God’s plan of redemption that is echoed across the pages of Scripture was about to be fulfilled.

Friday is good because Sunday is coming🤍

hosanna, he saves us | John 12:12-19🌿“They had not the keys of the city to present to him, nor the sword nor mace to car...
03/24/2024

hosanna, he saves us | John 12:12-19🌿

“They had not the keys of the city to present to him, nor the sword nor mace to carry before him, none of the city music to compliment him with, but such as they had they gave him; and even this despicable crowd was a faint resemblance of that glorious company which John saw ‘before the throne, and before the Lamb,’ Rev. 7:9, 10. Though these were not before the throne, they were before the Lamb, the paschal Lamb, who now, according to the usual ceremony, four days before the feast, was set apart to be sacrificed for us.” -Matthew Henry

a life without a blemish, the Maker made to die. the Creator of the universe, came to die, so that we could be reconcile...
03/16/2024

a life without a blemish, the Maker made to die.

the Creator of the universe, came to die, so that we could be reconciled to Him. our response is worship and to live a life that glorifies the name of the One who saves🤍

“They who were picked up at the sea of Galilee, had not the advantages and improvements, no, not of the more polished Ga...
02/14/2024

“They who were picked up at the sea of Galilee, had not the advantages and improvements, no, not of the more polished Galileans; yet thither Christ went, to call his apostles that were to be the prime ministers of state in his kingdom, for he chooses the foolish things of this world, to confound the wise.

It is Jesus Christ that makes them so; I will make you fishers of men. It is he that qualifies men for this work, calls them to it, authorizes them in it, gives them commission to fish for souls, and wisdom to win them.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4🎣

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