The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Studies in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

Lesson 24 : Vessels of Wrath and Vessels of Mercy (9:14-29)

OVERVIEW / INTRODUCTION – PAUL DEFENDS GOD AS GOD – IS THERE UNRIGHTEOUSNESS WITH GOD? – EXODUS 33:19b QUOTE – THE “WILL OF GOD” IS THE WILL OF A “MERCIFUL GOD” – THE SOURCE OF MERCY IS GOD – GOD’S MOTIVE FOR RAISING UP PHARAOH – IS GOD’S ‘HARDENING’ NATIONAL OR PERSONAL? – DID GOD ‘HARDEN’ PHARAOH ONLY AFTER PHARAOH ‘HARDENED’ HIMSELF? – DOUBLE PREDESTINATION? – ALL MEN ULTIMATELY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF GOD, EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY – CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THEOLOGY – GOD’S RIGHT AS CREATOR – WHAT IF … – WISHING – MAKE HIS POWER KNOWN – ENDURED WITH MUCH LONGSUFFERING – PREPARED FOR DESTRUCTION – SUMMATION OF PAUL’S DIGRESSION – PREDESTINED THEN CALLED – DOES PAUL HANDLE THE TEXT HONESTLY? – CRIES OUT