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NASB | Ephesians 2:3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:3 Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God's] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind]. |
Bible Question (short): Is the Potter free to do as He pleases? |
Question (full): Dear NC, Rom 11:30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, Paul is speaking primarily to the gentile believers at Rome. He is showing why it is that God has not forsaken the Jews altogether, but has used their disobediance as a means of being merciful to the disobediant gentiles. Rom 11:31 so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. So these (meaning Jews). Rom 11:32 For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. Yes, God MAY show mercy to all. But has He? The Bible does not support the idea that all (universaly) have recieved that mercy. He has mercy on those to whom He will have mercy. God is still the one who chooses. Romans 9 and 11 must agree with one another in order for our interpretation to be sound. In Romans 9 those who recieve mercy are those whom are fashioned into vessels of honor. Do you believe that God does not fashion vessels of dishonor (common use)? Will not each person spend eternity in either Heaven or Hell? If your answer is "Yes", then what is the point of God's being mercifull to "pots" whose end He knows is destruction? John |