Romans 9:25-26 As He says also in Hosea, “I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’ And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’ ” 26 “And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”From Jacob’s day circa 1850 BC to 586 BC, God chose the nation of Israel, rejected them for rebellion, then scattered th...  Read More

Romans 9:25-26 As He says also in Hosea, “I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’ And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’ ” 26 “And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”Among the objects of God’s mercy is “us” in v. 24, both Paul, a descendant of Abraham, and Gentile believers. After all,...  Read More

Romans 9:22-24 What if God, though willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction. 23 And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy which He prepared beforehand for glory— 24 us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.According to Romans 9:22, God has...  Read More

Romans 9:22-23 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? 23 And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory…In speaking of the “vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,” Paul is speaking of human beings in such a way tha...  Read More

Romans 9:19-21 You might ask, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?” 20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? 21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?So if God has mercy on ...  Read More

Romans 9:18-19 So then [God] has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. 19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?”In v. 17 Paul spoke of God having hardened the heart of the Egyptian Pharaoh during the days of Moses. Looking back, it was not the only time God did such. For example, when the Israelites entered Canaan to take the land by ...  Read More

Romans 9:14-18 What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! 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.” 16 So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to de...  Read More

Romans 9:10-13 And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; 11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written, “Ja...  Read More

Romans 9:10-13 And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; 11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written, “Ja...  Read More

Romans 9:6-9 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through Isaac your descendants will be named.” 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants. 9 For this is the word...  Read More

Romans 9:6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel…The “word of God” in v. 6 is Paul’s way of referencing the OT Scriptures, specifically the promises given to ethnic Israel in the OT. But does God’s word now mean nothing since He has seemingly abandoned Israel? Has God reneged on His words to Israel and given them to the Church...  Read More

Romans 9:4-5 …Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises, 5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever.Israelites are the descendants of Abraham through Isaac then Jacob, whose name God later changed to “Israel” (Gen. 32:28). ...  Read More