Rom. 9:14-18
Is God Unjust?
I. God has mercy on whom He wills.
-mercy = eleeo = show pitty, mercy; the actions resulting from compassion and mercy
-compassion = oiktiro = show pitty, compassion; inner emotions
II. God's mercy doesn't depend on man's efforts.
-Job 7:7, Ps. 8:4
-wills = thelo = to will, to wish, desire, to want
-runs = trecho = to run, exert oneself, make effort
-will and runs = the sum of human efforts
III. God justly demonstrates His glory.
-Joshua 2:10
-harden = skleruno = make stubborn, to harden
Douglas Moo "In fact, Paul never offers - here or anywhere else - a 'logical' solution to the tension between divine sovereignty and human responsibility that he creates. That he affirms the latter is, of course, clear; and we must never forget that Paul will go on in 9:30-10:21 to attribute the Jews' condemnation to their own willful failure to believe. Paul is content to hold the truths of God's absolute sovereignty - in both election and hardening - and of full human responsibility without reconciling them. We would do well to emulate his approach."
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