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[size=large]Redemption for Jew and Gentile Alike[/size]
Read for This Week's Study: Romans 9. "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth" Romans 9:18. "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Rom. 9:13, 15.
What is Paul talking about here? What about human free will, and the freedom to choose, without which very little of what we believe makes sense? Are we not free to choose or reject God, or are these verses teaching that certain people are elected to be saved and others to be lost, regardless of their own personal choices?
The answer is found, as usual, by looking at the bigger picture of what Paul is saying. Paul is following a line of argument in which he attempts to show God
Read for This Week's Study: Romans 9. "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth" Romans 9:18. "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Rom. 9:13, 15.
What is Paul talking about here? What about human free will, and the freedom to choose, without which very little of what we believe makes sense? Are we not free to choose or reject God, or are these verses teaching that certain people are elected to be saved and others to be lost, regardless of their own personal choices?
The answer is found, as usual, by looking at the bigger picture of what Paul is saying. Paul is following a line of argument in which he attempts to show God
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