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Romans 9:18 · BSB
9:18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
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…we don't need to fear when evildoers seem to have the upper hand. But let's take us back to the conclusion in Romans 9. Flick back to Romans 9.Romans 9 verse 18. So then, he has mercy on whomever he wills and he hardens whomever he wills. Here is an emphatic declaration of God's sovereignty in election.…
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…But all of us have had buffets in life. We've all had things done to us that we don't appreciate or cherish. And how do we respond to that? InRomans chapter 9, verses 12 through 21, he says, Let love be without hypocrisy, abhor what is evil, cling to what is good, be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in…
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…job. All the more so, I would not do a good job contributing to my salvation. So thankfully, we cannot. It's an impossibility. God does it all.Romans 9:18says, So then he has mercy on whom whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. It's up to God. And as the hymn writer so accurately put it…
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…does it mean for our hearts to resist the Lord? But in all of our resistance of the Lord, the Lord's glory is only more completely demonstrated. InRomans 9, verses 17 through 18, Paul writes, and he says, For the scripture says to Pharaoh, for this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and…
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…I have compassion.” Romans 9:15 And a few verses later Paul says, “So then He has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens whomever He wills.”Romans 9:18Remember, O man, not to talk back to God. Instead, we ought to say with Paul, “How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!”…
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…here. Jonah is displeased with who God truly is. How do you see God? It doesn't get any easier for us in the New Testament, does it? One example isRomans 9, verse 18, which says that the Lord has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. How do you see God? The Lord revealed to Jonah in…
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…show his graciousness towards us in that he helps us not to sin. We'll get all into that at the end of chapter 7 and into chapter 8. Another place,Romans chapter 9, verse 18 through 20. In this chapter, Paul has previously cited the Old Testament seven times. Direct citations. Seven times up to this point. And then in verse 18, he…
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…you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.” 18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. (Rom. 9:14–18NASB) That's the object lesson that Paul draws from that. Does that bug you that God has mercy on whom He wants and that He hardens whom He wants?…
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…a few minutes ago, that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God? Jacob, I loved, Esau I hated. I did not see that coming. Or you get toRomans chapter 9, verses 17 through 18, for the scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, this is talking about the time when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, God told Pharaoh, I have…
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…a few minutes ago, that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God? Jacob, I loved, Esau I hated. I did not see that coming. Or you get toRomans chapter 9, verses 17 through 18, for the scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, this is talking about the time when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, God told Pharaoh, I have…
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…don't get to veto whom God's going to save. You don't get to offer your two cents. This is the doctrine of election. And this is how it's taught inRomans 9, verse 18. So then God can have mercy on whomever he wills, and he can harden whomever he wills. And who are you to talk back to God? If there was a council…
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…Spirit of God who dwells within us. Or you can look ahead to Romans 9 and 10. Now, Romans chapter 9 emphasizes God's sovereignty. If you look atRomans 9, verse 18, it's about as strong a statement as you can get. God has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens whomever He wills. But then if you go on to…
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