Romans 9D
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Ro 9:20 depicts a creation of the Lord criticizing the Lord’s work in making them. Elihu in Job addresses this self-important feeling.
Job 33:13 “13 “Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?”
READ JOB 33 AND SEE IF ELIHU GIVES A THEOLOGY FOR HOW GOD TREATS MAN
Moses and Pharaoh lived in the same palace maybe “from the same lump of clay”? Seems like it might be stretch here
v18 What gives God the right to make these decisions?
2 Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”
3 But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.
He created everyone. And when you create something you own something. And you have the right to make decisions about what should happen to it.
v19 How is this fair? God doesn’t give people a chance to do what’s right.
v20-21
The truth is that we all deserve the same thing. Consider the fact that in Paul’s illustration we’re the vessels. And the vessels all have the same origin. All the vessels share the makeup of their clay. One vessel may be painted to be a little more attractive to our eyes, or it may be shaped in a different way. But it’s made of the same clay as the vessels for dishonorable use. All the vessels should be treated the same considering that they’re made of the same materials. Even if one vessel holds a fine perfume, that ‘work’ of holding a valuable substance does nothing to change the value of the materials with which the vessel is made. So
Ro 9:22 “22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?”
So then if we’re all the same, why would God choose some and not others to be merciful to? Scripture gives us this answer - God desires to make known the riches of his glory.
Why would God make distinctions between his creation given that we all possess the same materials and thus we all deserve the same thing?
He does so to display His glory.
How is it glorious to treat people unfairly?