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Romans 9: 19-33
19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared
for destruction,
23 in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
25 As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
26 “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them
will be saved,
28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”
29 And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like
Gomorrah.”
30 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
31 but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
33 as it is written,m“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be
put to shame.”
The Potter’s Privilege - 9: 19-33
...Has the potter no right over the clay, to make
out of the same lump one vessel for honorable
use and another for dishonorable use?
The Potter’s Privilege (9:19-33)
Summary: The Jew who is offended by the idea that God has
included the Gentiles into his plan of salvation is reminded that
God has the right to do so, just as a potter has the right over his
own clay. Furthermore, the idea is mentioned in a number of
Old Testament scriptures and should not be seen as a sudden
change of God’s plans.
Characters: The potter is happily whistling while making a
bowl out of clay, exactly as he wants it. He has the right to do
this, for it is his clay.
The Potter’s Privilege - 9: 19-33
...Has the potter no right over the clay, to make
out of the same lump one vessel for honorable
use and another for dishonorable use?
The Potter’s Privilege - 9: 19-33
...Has the potter no right over the clay, to make
out of the same lump one vessel for honorable
use and another for dishonorable use?
Romans 9: 6-18
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to
Israel,
7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your
offspring be named.”
8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the
promise are counted as offspring.
9 For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”
10 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,
11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose
of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—
12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means!
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 depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my
power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills
A Compassionate Call - 9: 6-18
...the children of the promise are counted
as offspring... for he says...”...I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion”...
A Compassionate Call (9:6-18)
Summary: God’s call to people does not depend on their
human will or effort, but on his own mercy. He can show mercy
to those who do not deserve it and harden those who do not
believe. As with Isaac, our calling has to do with God’s
promises and not our abilities.
Characters: Isaac, the child of promise, is sitting on his father
Abraham’s lap. He was not the product of Abraham’s plans or
abilities, but of God’s mercy. Isaac’s true “offspring” will be
those who would share in this mercy. They, too, will be “children
of promise.”
I didn’t
do this.
A Compassionate Call - 9: 6-18
...the children of the promise are counted
as offspring... for he says...”...I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion”...
A Compassionate Call - 9: 6-18
...the children of the promise are counted
as offspring... for he says...”...I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion”...
Romans 9: 1-5
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy
Spirit—
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my
kinsmen according to the flesh.
4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law,
the worship, and the promises.
5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God
over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Paul’s Passion - 9: 1-5
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish
in my heart... for the sake of my brothers,
my kinsmen according to the flesh.
Paul’s Passion (9:1-5)
Summary: Paul has great sorrow and anguish for the
Israelites, his “kinsmen according to the flesh”, especially when
he considers the long road that they have walked with God and
all the blessings they have received. He wishes that he could
trade places with them so that they may be saved.
Characters: Paul is perturbed. He cannot believe that Rejectus
his fellow Jew is declining the offer of salvation by faith.
Paul’s Passion - 9: 1-5
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish
in my heart... for the sake of my brothers,
my kinsmen according to the flesh.
And he’s
not kidding...
Naah, I’ll stick
to my religion.
Paul’s Passion - 9: 1-5
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish
in my heart... for the sake of my brothers,
my kinsmen according to the flesh.