Romans 9:25 KJV
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Sometimes, in order to simplify our doctrine we deny or ignore truths that add wonderful depth to what God has done in the work of salvation. Romans 9 clearly teaches that God has chosen some and has not chosen others. The chapter even brings up Bible cases that we sometimes like to skip over because of their difficulty to our theology.
Jacob and Esau; God chose Jacob and "hated" Esau before either one could have done good and evil (vs 11)
Pharaoh; whose heart the Bible clearly says God hardened (vs 17-18)
And who are we to reply against God. God is perfectly righteous if He should choose that all of us were destined to hell! He is perfectly just to show mercy upon those He pleases to show mercy.
And God has clearly chosen some upon whom to show His mercy and others upon whom He has chosen not to. He chose the nation of Israel not because they were worthy and deserved His love. He loved them because He wanted to love them. He loved them to the exclusion of the Gentiles.
But then comes this second, most gracious wonderful truth;
God also chooses those He has not chosen
God calls those He has not called
God elects those He has not elected and
God calls them His people that were not His people
It is reported that at the end of one of Spurgeon's sermons, as he prayed, he asked God to save the elect....and then elect some more. He was on solid Biblical ground because that is exactly what Romans 9 teaches. God chooses those He has not chosen.
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Sometimes, in order to simplify our doctrine we deny or ignore truths that add wonderful depth to what God has done in the work of salvation. Romans 9 clearly teaches that God has chosen some and has not chosen others. The chapter even brings up Bible cases that we sometimes like to skip over because of their difficulty to our theology.
Jacob and Esau; God chose Jacob and "hated" Esau before either one could have done good and evil (vs 11)
Pharaoh; whose heart the Bible clearly says God hardened (vs 17-18)
And who are we to reply against God. God is perfectly righteous if He should choose that all of us were destined to hell! He is perfectly just to show mercy upon those He pleases to show mercy.
And God has clearly chosen some upon whom to show His mercy and others upon whom He has chosen not to. He chose the nation of Israel not because they were worthy and deserved His love. He loved them because He wanted to love them. He loved them to the exclusion of the Gentiles.
But then comes this second, most gracious wonderful truth;
God also chooses those He has not chosen
God calls those He has not called
God elects those He has not elected and
God calls them His people that were not His people
It is reported that at the end of one of Spurgeon's sermons, as he prayed, he asked God to save the elect....and then elect some more. He was on solid Biblical ground because that is exactly what Romans 9 teaches. God chooses those He has not chosen.
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