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Originally Posted by pelathais
Okay, I'll bite... Romans 9:22
God does not "will or sincerely desire the redemption of all sinners..." He has a "will" that desires to show "wrath" as well as love. He has a "desire" to destroy some vessels (human beings). |
Very good attempt. However, if we read the context of
Romans 9:22, we will readily deduct that Paul is saying that God endured the sinfulness of the Gentiles for one simple reason. That reason is that He had a plan, that through the Jewish nation He would reconcile the whole creation.
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? NKJ
He endured centuries of sinfulness, so that He could complete His plan.
Your post puts you squarely in the Calvinists camp, which declares that God is a respecter of persons, and that God is hateful, in that He creates the vast majority of humanity to roast them in the pit for billions and billions of years. This position soils the character of God, our heavenly Father.