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"It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" Rom. 9:12, 13.
As stated in the introduction for this week, it is impossible to understand Romans 9 properly until one recognizes that Paul is not speaking of individual salvation. He is here speaking of particular roles God was calling upon certain individuals to play. God wanted Jacob to be the progenitor of the people who would be His special evangelizing agency in the world. There is no implication in this passage that Esau could not be saved. God wanted him to be saved as much as He desires all men to be saved.
Romans 9:14-15. "What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
How do we understand these words in the context of what we have been reading?
Paul is again not speaking of individual salvation, because in that area God extends mercy to all, for He 'will have all men to be saved' 1 Tim. 2:4. 'The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men' Titus 2:11. But God can choose nations to play a role, and though they can refuse to play that role, they cannot prevent God
"It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" Rom. 9:12, 13.
As stated in the introduction for this week, it is impossible to understand Romans 9 properly until one recognizes that Paul is not speaking of individual salvation. He is here speaking of particular roles God was calling upon certain individuals to play. God wanted Jacob to be the progenitor of the people who would be His special evangelizing agency in the world. There is no implication in this passage that Esau could not be saved. God wanted him to be saved as much as He desires all men to be saved.
Romans 9:14-15. "What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
How do we understand these words in the context of what we have been reading?
Paul is again not speaking of individual salvation, because in that area God extends mercy to all, for He 'will have all men to be saved' 1 Tim. 2:4. 'The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men' Titus 2:11. But God can choose nations to play a role, and though they can refuse to play that role, they cannot prevent God
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