Friday, September 18, 2020

It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy

 Romans 9:14-24

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!  

It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for gloryeven us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

And we can hardly call him to task for it. The Maker has an indisputable right to do as he pleases with what he makes.

Why?

God has mercy and the right to choose who will be. So our human being has no right to argue with the Lord, for God is the creator, God is the Lord. All of us are nothing if God's wrath comes upon us, but even so, God has patient to those who will be the objects of his wrath? the one he called, God prepared in advance for glory. 

Our faith is come from the Lord and for the hope in us so we can face the trouble and many difficulties. God is helping us. We have the sonship with the Lord.

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神有百分之百的權柄,不用在乎任何人。我們也不能判斷神是否公平?只有神判斷人對不對。

神有絕對的主權,保羅以法老為例,存留法老的生命是要他傳揚神的名,神的大能顯現。神也容許法老抗拒祂,法老以為可以抗拒神,愈可以從法老身上看到神的大能。神的名絲毫不受影響。損人不利己,為什麼要做?我們與神拔河,愈是更顯出神的權能,傳揚神的名。

如窯匠,泥土沒有資格問,但是神允許人來問?這問有兩種,一個是相信的問,一個是不相信的問。抗拒神的,神還是寬容、忍耐,給人機會悔改,若不悔改,必遭審判。神都給人機會。人實在沒有資格再問神是否公平。

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How?

God is the creator, God has the best plan for all of us, no matter what I have done, and who I am.



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