Romans 9:19-21
19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
We blame God for His sovereign right to choose who to show mercy to and who to raise up to be hardened to Him in order to show His power to us all. We may even be so bold as to call God unrighteous when He does not do as we think He must, to give mercy to everyone, but He has always had the right to form each of us as His creations for the purposes He designed from before He made any of us, to honor Him or for dishonor so His holiness and glory can be seen by the rest. He alone is the potter, and as the clay from the dust of the earth, we are in His good and almighty hands. We should be humbled how He made us, not demanding creation to be according to our design.
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