![]() Of course we must guard against the idea that some vessels are intrinsically more valuable than other vessels. But wouldnt you rather be a vessel of gold than a garbage can? Both types of vessels serve the Masters purposes both, in some sense are necessary in Gods world. Pauls point is that in Gods world we can be vessels for noble purposesto express the pure gold of His divine character and love, or we can be ignoble, ordinary vessels like a garbage can or toilet. All who cleanse themselves of the things I have mentioned will become noble vessels, dedicated and useful to the owner of the house, ready for every good work. A vessel, then, is an instrument or utensil that serves the purpose of the one using it. ![]() What, then, does it mean to be a vessel? Paul says that in a large house there are vessels not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for noble use, some for ignoble. How often we have swung between these two extremes! How often Satan has toyed with us and run us ragged because we dont know or appreciate or frankly, outright disobey Gods truth in these matters! What we need is an appropriate evaluation of ourselves as selvesa truly humble picture of ourselves as created by God, without exalting ourselves or viewing ourselves as scum and dirt with no value whatsoever. Knowing and accepting the fact that we are vessels of a spirit greater than ourselves will enable us to escape the twin traps of the devil, namely inferiority and low self-esteem on the one hand, and pride and superiority on the other. If we fail to appreciate this fact and live from it as the basis of our very existence as Christians, we will find nothing but frustration and dissatisfaction. In May, it became the second country to put a rover on Mars, two years after landing the first spacecraft on the far side of the moon.One of the most significant truths of Scripture is that we were created to be vessels of the divine glory. Liu was China’s first woman in space in 2012, while Wang was the youngest, at 33, in 2013.Ĭhinese astronauts have had a relatively low international profile.Ī United States law banning NASA from any connection with China means its astronauts have not been to the more-than-two-decade-old International Space Station, which has been visited by more than 240 men and women of various nationalities.Ĭhina has been accelerating its space programme to rival the West, including the United States.īeijing’s aim is for the country to become a major spacefaring power by 2030, turning space into the newest frontier of its rivalry with the US. Two women, Liu Yang and Wang Yaping, were selected in 2011 among China’s second group of astronauts, after the first batch of 14 men in the mid-1990s. While no women are scheduled for the Shenzhou-12 mission, they are expected to participate in every following mission, according to the Global Times. While no women are scheduled for the Shenzhou-12 mission, they are expected to participate in every following mission, according to the Global Times Ĭhina’s last crewed flight mission was in 2016 when two men – Chen Dong and Jing Haipeng – were sent via the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft to Tiangong-2, a prototype of the space station where they later stayed for about a month. There are also three backup astronauts for the mission. ![]() It will be Tang’s first journey in space. It will be Liu’s second mission to space, his first being the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008, which featured a landmark spacewalk. ![]() The Shenzhou-12 will be Nie’s third space outing, after the Shenzhou-6 mission in 2005 and the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013, according to the Xinhua news agency. Nie, who comes from central Hubei province and is a former air force pilot, will lead the mission. The Shenzhou-12 crew will live on the Tianhe, which means “Harmony of the Heavens”, a cylinder 16.6 metres (55 feet) long and 4.2 metres (14 feet) in diameter, for three months. China began construction of the space station this year with the launch of Tianhe – the first and largest of the station’s three modules – in late April. ![]()
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