Rom
9:21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn't He have a right to use the
same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage
into? Rom 9:22 In the same way, even though God has the right to show His anger
and His power, He is very patient with those on whom His anger falls, who are
destined for destruction.
(Rom_1:18)
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth [a]in unrighteousness (2Pe_3:9)
9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some
count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but
for all to come to repentance.
God is being
patient for those unbelievers to turn their lives around.
Rom
9:23 He does this to make the riches of His glory shine even brighter on those
to whom He shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory. Rom 9:24 And we
are among those whom He selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.
Some of us will join
God in heaven and others will not. The difference is only accepting Christ as
your savior. The thing is you cannot just say “yup, I believe in Christ” and
then do nothing to show it. We are expected to never deny Christ, to pass on
his word and to act in a Christian manner at all times. That last one is hard
for me, but you ask for forgiveness and move on trying harder.
Rom
9:25 Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, "Those
who were not My people, I will now call My people. And I will love those whom I
did not love before." Rom 9:26 And, "Then, at the place where they
were told, 'You are not My people,' there they will be called 'children of the
living God.'"
For the longest time
God’s people were the Israelites and here he opened up the door for all. The
Israelites had let God down to many times so once Christ entered the scene we
became one with God.
Life Application New Testament Commentary:
Rom 9:27 And
concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, "Though the people of
Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant will be saved.
Rom 9:28
For the LORD will carry out His sentence upon the earth quickly and with
finality." Rom 9:29 And Isaiah said the same thing in another place:
"If the LORD of Heaven's Armies had not spared a few of our children, we
would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah."
9:27-29 But the Jews
(here called Israel) will not be forgotten. God’s sovereign choice always
includes some Jews, but his promises were not a blanket guarantee for all
Israel. Isaiah prophesied that only a small number of God’s original people will
be saved. Paul saw this happening in every city where he preached. Even though
he went first to the Jews, relatively few ever accepted the gospel message. Continuing
the quote from Isaiah (Isa_10:23),
God will punish his people for turning away from him. In the captivity and the
exile, much punishment had been meted out. If God had not spared a small number
of faithful believers, all of Israel would have been destroyed. But God always
saved some. Having chosen Israel, God remained faithful to her. If he had not,
Israel would have been wiped out as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah, the
ancient cities that were completely destroyed by God for their horrible
wickedness (see Gen_19:24-29;
Isa_1:9).
Nothing was left of Sodom and Gomorrah. But God never completely destroyed his
people.
Today the Gentiles
are the majority in the church, but one day, many Jews too will come to their
Savior. There is a final judgment to come, and God will carry it out. There is
no time to delay. A few will be saved—who of God’s people, the Jews, will
become part of that small number? Paul explores this further in chapter 11.
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