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Tag: Romans 9

  • Effectual Calling in Romans

    The “call” of God is one of those doctrines that many non-Calvinists seem to underestimate.  Paul is especially fond of this term in Romans, and it comes up multiple times in Romans 9, often viewed as one of the most Calvinist passages of the New Testament.  What sparked this post was hearing a non-Calvinist who,…

  • Exegetical Thoughts on Romans 9:14-33

    Romans 9:14-33, gets us into the meat of the tangent Paul is providing. Remember that in Romans 8, we saw Paul set forth the idea of God’s unbreakable love.  In Romans 9:1-13, we saw Paul beginning to address the objection that God’s love broke or failed as applied to the Israelites. Paul’s response was to…

  • Exegetical Thoughts on Romans 9:6-13

    Romans 9:6-13 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are…

  • Romans 9:1-5 – Exegetical Thoughts

     Romans 9:1-5  9 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: who are Israelites;…

  • The Potter's Precedent

    In Romans 9, in response to the most frequent objection to Calvinism, Paul provides an answer from a potter analogy: Romans 9:19-23 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed…