Subject: God is not the author of evil. |
Bible Note: John Let's take your Romans 9:13 time wise you frame it before the fact. I read it framed time wise after the fact. By this I mean God knew before hand knew the heart of Esau and Jacob. God knew Esau would not appreciate or respect his inheritance but that Jacob would. If God created Esau to reject his inheritance then why hate him? He did just what he was designed to do. Further if you take this verse in context Paul is explaining call to the Gentiles. Before this God's chosen were the Jews if you wanted to be chosen you had to convert Judaism. Now the door was open through Christ to the Gentile. This passage is not explanation of individual salvation but rather the salvation of a Jews and Gentiles. Remember Peter even said Paul as hard to understand. I think this is where Calvin got mixed up since he had no theological training and couldn't have studied to much since he was only saved a year or two when he formulated his whole idea. EdB |