2006-09-01 16:02:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." 16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. 19One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?" 20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' " 21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? 22What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? 23What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— 24even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
This passage is speaking about predestination.
2006-09-01 16:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by cnm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vessels God is speaking of here is us. Humans created by and for God.
15 speaks to all of us and helps us understand why some people will never accept God and his word as truth. Why? Because God states that he will have mercy on whomever he pleases and no mercy on whomever he pleases not.
16 states that no matter what we do or say, if God has not chosen us to be his, we cannot change that.
17 is an example of this. God put Pharaoh in charge of Egypt. God also hardened Pharaoh's heart when he was ready to submit to Gods will, because God was not done showing his power and his Glory not only to the egyptians but also to the Israelites.
18 repeats 15 and 16.
I think you get the basic idea for the rest of them now.
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2006-09-01 16:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good summary of this passage:
(1) That all people will be treated as they ought to be treated. People will be dealt with according to their characters at the end of life.
(2) if people will suffer no injustice, then this is the same as saying that they will be treated justly. But what is this? That the wicked shall be treated as they deserve. What they deserve God has told us in the Scriptures. “These shall go away into everlasting punishment.”
(3) God has a right to bestow his blessings as he chooses. Where all are undeserving, where none have any claim, he may confer his favors on whom he pleases.
(4) he actually does deal with people in this way. The apostle takes this for granted. He does not deny it. He most evidently believes it, and labors to show that it is right to do so. If he did not believe it, and meant to teach it, he would have said so. It would have met the objection at once, and saved all argument. He reasons as if he did believe it; and this settles the question that the doctrine is true.
2006-09-01 16:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according my bible's study notes ...
The phrase "vessels of wrath refers to being made ready for eternal destruction. One becomes a vessel of wrath by his own sinful acts and rebellion toward God, as Paul stated earlier: "but thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest upunto thyself" (2:5). However, vessels of wrath may still repent, trun to God, and receive His mercy. The phrase "vessels of mercy" refers tothose, both Jew and Gentile, who believe and follow Jesus Christ (vv.24-33).
2006-09-01 16:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by Cinnababy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rom 9:17 For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Rom 9:19 Thou wilt vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
2006-09-01 16:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by esther9364622 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, esp. something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath.
2006-09-01 16:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.godisimaginary.com/
2006-09-01 16:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋