Moses had not yet written the Torah (the first five books of the OT).
In other words, the stunning thing for Paul was not that God rejected Ishmael and Esau but that he chose Isaac and Jacob, for they did not deserve to be included in his merciful and gracious purposes. The Bible says that “God is not willing that any should perish but that all should reach repentance” (II Peter 3.9). First, he did it because the Holy Spirit inspired him to do it.

Scripture is authoritative because it is God speaking to us.So Romans 9 does not consist of the opinions of the apostle Paul, which we are free to accept if we agree or ignore if we disagree. He gives free will, but apparently, it is just a trap. Even though they had only worked one hour, he paid them a denarius. In actuality, God has given us much more than a fair wage. In 9:17, he says, “For the Scripture says to Pharaoh….” He then quotes from Exodus 9:16, which is actually God speaking to Moses. You should’ve increased my wages!”But is that any different from telling God whom he should and shouldn’t bless? Moreover, point (3a) expands on this point by reminding us that God’s purpose is not just to achieve human happiness in this life but to bring people to a saving knowledge of Himself.Because God’s ultimate goal for humanity is the knowledge of Himself--which alone can bring eternal happiness to people--, history cannot be seen in its true perspective apart from the Kingdom of God. Why does Jack have a loving wife and three healthy kids, but I’m struggling as a single parent with a chronically ill child?Questioning God’s goodness or fairness may be intrinsically human (Adam and Eve did it), but it’s also sinful. As the righteous Sovereign over all, God has the freedom to harden sinners for His greater purpose of displaying His glory and power in righteous judgment.Some try to get God off the hook by arguing that God only hardened Pharaoh’s heart This does not mean that God coerced or caused Pharaoh to sin. May it never be!” Paul is saying that the very question is outrageous! John Hawkins ... and consider that what liberals define as "fairness" could look extremely "unfair" if you're open minded enough to … Moreover, the knowledge of God is an incommensurable good.

This page lists people personally assassinated by His hand or by His The passage suggests that a mob were interested in homosexual rape in respect of the angels. Why? He said things to Jesus we’d like to say too: “Look at all I’ve done for You, Lord. We can therefore trust Him to so order the suffering in the world that the optimal number of persons will be freely saved and find eternal life.Moreover, what I said in relation to (3c) and (3d) above is relevant. Want to see an example? God has to draw us to Himself in order for us to believe (John 6:44). Mankind is in a state of rebellion against God and His purpose.(c.) Paul’s answer is that our salvation is secure because it does not depend on us, but rather on God’s purpose according to election. The knowledge of God is an incommensurable good. If you have not yet received God’s abundant mercy, then cry out like the publican in Jesus’ parable (Luke 18:13), “God, be merciful to me, the sinner!”Copyright, Steven J. Cole, 2011, All Rights Reserved.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture Quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, Updated Edition © The Lockman FoundationSchreiner comments (508), “This verse excludes in the clearest possible terms the notion that free will is the fundamental factor in divine eletion.” Paul is saying that God freely determines accoring to the counsel of His own will those to whom He shows mercy. "Why should I have this infinite privilege?" Let me try to describe what...If you have a testimony or story you would like to share or if you have a prayer request, please use the form below. Or are you envious because I am generous?” (vv. Was God being overly harsh and unkind? As I pointed out last time, if Paul was saying that God made His decision to bless Jacob and reject Esau based on the fact that God foresaw that Jacob would decide to trust in God, but Esau would reject God, no one would have thought to accuse God of being unfair. Is God Unfair in our daily struggles? 2 Samuel 6:6-7 (Which seems grossly unfair ... 2 Samuel 24:13, despite being told to by God in 2 Samuel 24:1.

But I’m free to be generous to these last workers if I want to.”The landowner would have been unfair if he had not given the first group what they deserved. The chief purpose of life is not happiness, but the knowledge of God.(b.) But we remember, we too are undeserving but have been enlightened by grace. We have no idea of what suffering might be involved in order for God to achieve some intended purpose through the freely chosen actions of human persons. As sinners, Jacob and Esau both deserved God’s wrath. By virtue of who He is, God cannot possibly be unjust (Gen. 18:25). 9809|9802|9764|9730|9729|9703|9702|9694|9590|9589|9588|9580|9578|9569|9546|9545|9544|9434|9377|9360|9359|9358|9356|9354|9340|9334|9314|9311|9229|9228|9223|9219|9188|9184|9179|9175|9171|9169|9168|9146|9141|9130|9122|9121|9120|9112|9111|9110|9102|9101|9096|9062|9028|9027|9026|9025|9024|9015|9012|8969|8968|8967|8966|8906|8901|8900|8899|8858|8857|8854|8853|8829|8828|8812|8813|8809|8789|8788|8722|8721|8720|8704|8703|8733|8701|8700|8685|8518|8506|8505|8504|8503|8484|8483|8482|8467|8466|8448|8447|8434|8433|8429|8390|8389|8214|8213|8373|8087|8086|8077|8071|8070|8058|8024|8080|8076|8073|8060|8022|8006|7891|7885|7884|7883|7851|7829|7822|7813|7811|7807|7806|7795|7794|7746|7740|7729|7745|7728|7725|7724|7721|7703|7701|7697|7685|7682|7667|7661|7649|7647|7646|7645|7228|7227|7226|7225|9825|7224|7223|7222|7221|7220|7218|7217|7216|7215|2656|2657|2153|2154|2155|2156|2157|2158|301|300|150|8002|2304|151|152|153|154|156|157|158|302|303|304|305|306|307|308|309|310|2161|2162|2163|2164|2165|2166|2167|2168|2169|2170|2171|2172|2173|2174|9823|2175|2176|2177|2178|2179|2180|2181|2182|2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188|2189|2190|2191|2192|2193|2194|2195|2196|2197|2198|2199|2200|2201|2202|2203|2204|2205|2206|2207|2208|2209|2210|2211|2212|2213|2214|2215|2216|2217|2218|2219|2220|2221|2222|2223|2224|2225|2226|2227|2228|2229|2230|2231|2232|2233|2234|2235|2236|2237|2238|2239|2240|2241|2242|2243|2244|2245|2246|2247|2248|2249|2250|2251|2252|2253|2254|2255|2256|2257|2258|2259|2260|2261|2262|2263|2264|2265|2266|2267|2268|2269|2270|2271|2272|2273|2274|2275|2276|2277|2278|2279|2280|2281|2282|2283|2285|2284|2286|2287|2288|2289|2290|2291|2292|2293|2294|2295|2296|2297|2298|2299|2300|2301|2302|2303|2305|2306|2307|2308|2309|2310|2311|2312|2313|2314|2315|2316|2317|2318|2319|2320|2321|2322|2323|2324|2325|2326|2327|2328|2329|2330|2331|8003|2333|2334|2335|2336|2337|2338|2339|2340|2341|2342|2343|2344|2345|2346|2347|2348|2349|2350|2351|2352|2353|2354|2355|2356|2357|2358|2359|2360|2361|2362|2363|2364|2365|2366|2367|2368|2369|2370|2371|2372|2373|2374|2375|2376|2377|2378|2379|2380|2381|2382|2383|2384|2385|2386|2387|2388|2389|2390|2391|2392|2393|2394|2395|2396|2397|2398|2399|2400|2402|2403|2404|2405|2406|2407|2408|2409|2410|8004|2412|2413|2414|2415|2416|2417|2418|2420|2421|2422|2423|2424|2425|2426|2427|2428|2429|2430|2431|2432|2433|2434|2435|2436|2437|2438|2439|2440|2441|2442|2443|2444|2445|2446|2447|2448|2449|2450|2451|2452|2453|2454|2455|2456|2457|2458|2459|2460|2461|2462|2463|2464|2465|2466|2467|2468|2469|2470|2471|2472|2473|2474|2475|2476|2477|2478|2479|2480|2481|2411|2482|2483|2484|2485|2486|2487|2488|2489|2490|2491|2492|2493|2494|2495|2496|2497|2498|2499|2500|2501|2502|2503|2504|2505|2506|2508|2509|2510|2511|2512|2513|2514|2515|2516|2517|2519|2520|2521|2522|2507|2523|2524|2525|2526|2527|2528|2529|2530|2531|2532|2533|2534|2535|2536|2537|2538|2539|2540|2541|2542|2543|2544|2545|2419|2546|2547|2548|2549|2550|2551|2552|2553|2554|2555|2556|2557|2558|2559|2560|2561|2562|2563|2564|2565|2566|2567|2568|2569|2570|2571|2572|2573|2574|2575|2576|2577|2578|2579|2580|2581|2582|2583|2584|2585|2586|2587|2588|2589|2590|2591|2592|2593|2594|2595|2596|2597|2598|2599|2600|2601|2602|2603|2604|2605|2606|2607|2608|2609|2610|2611|2612|2613|2614|2615|2616|2617|2618|2619|2620|2621|2622|2623|2624|2625|2626|2627|2628|2629|2630|2631|2632|2332|2633|2634|2635|2636|2637|2638|2639|2640|2641|2642|2643|2644|2645|2646|2647|2648|2649|2401|2650|2651|2652|2653|2654|2655|