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NASB | Romans 9:15 For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 9:15 For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOMEVER I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOMEVER I HAVE COMPASSION." [Ex 33:19] |
Subject: Mercy Essential? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, God’s mercy is “arbitrary” in that it is not based on anything in the sinner. There’s nothing in the sinner that commends itself to God’s mercy. Nothing in us warrants God’s mercy. And nothing in God (“internal pressure”) forces him to extend mercy. God does not owe us mercy. So, we can have no claim on it. Rom 11:32 "For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all." Rom 11: 32: Since we are all under sin–- that is, if some of us were not sinners God could not show some of us mercy, because we would not need it -- but since we’re all under sin, God may show mercy to anyone he wishes because there’s no one who is exempt from the need of it. “That he MAY show mercy…” But God does not wish to show mercy to all. And he hasn’t shown mercy to all. And that is his prerogative. |