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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, Rom 11:32 cannot mean that God will show mercy to all. This is proved in the passage of this thread, 9:15. Man has been shut up in disobedience since the Fall, yet God has not extended mercy to all. Case in point: Pharaoh and Esau: Rom 9:13-18 "Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH." So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires." One point of this passage is that in God his sovereign prerogative to have mercy on whom he will, he did not have mercy on these individuals. And he did this so that his "purpose according to His choice would stand" (v.11). And God's ultimate purpose is the manifestation of his glory. Rom 9:16 "So then it (salvation. compare v. 3) does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy." To throw your charge back at you, does your "all" mean all? Peace in the Lamb, Lionstrong |