On the contrary, Jewish audiences would recognize that Paul is making a different point with the potter than Jeremiah did.Paul does not mention by name any of the OT books he quoted or referenced in Romans 9, but his Jewish audience would recognize the OT references Paul was using as his evidence, just as Christians do today.
I gave you proof. You chose to ignore it.That is your belief, but you have to prove it by Scripture.
And our faith in the Lord Jesus is, itself, a matter of God's grace.Sure, in general all humans, everything we have, is by God's grace; however, regarding the grace of salvation, that is accessed by faith in Lord Jesus no matter how much you protest.
Yes, but according to three different Apostles, attested faith will endure. Do you understand the difference between faith and attested faith?Our faith is what keeps us from falling away. Faith is not guaranteed;
We are commanded to endure. Not all will endure. But the faith that has been tested and proved will endure, Guaranteed. I showed you this from scripture.rather, we are commanded and instructed to endure to the end to be saved.
That's right. Peter tells you that the power of God guarantees endurance.Salvation is guaranteed only to those who believe manifested by sowing to the Spirit without giving up.
I showed you where it says that God guarantees our faith.Our hope in Christ does not disappoint because God is true to His promises. Nothing in Scripture states that God guarantees our faith; rather, that is a man-made doctrine that people force upon the text of Scripture.
You are confusing the Spirit's role to help the Apostles and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. These are two different things.Peter is writing to Christians who believe. To those who believe, God caused us [believers] to be born again by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Read Acts 1 and 2, and you will see that the Spirit of God was poured out upon those who were already believers.
The guarantee of salvation is granted to those whom God uses his power to maintain the belief of those whom he chose.The Spirit will only indwell to give life those who first believe.
Yes, through faith in him. But our salvation does not begin with us, it begins and ends with God. According to Peter, God uses his power to keep us from falling away.We are protected by the power of God through faith in Him.
And God hardened some of them, foreclosing on their freewill choice. You need to come to grips with this. God took away their free will to repent.Israel is God's Elect people, the apple of His eye; yet, they refused to listen to his instruction again and again.
Okay. You understand the WHY of the hardening. Now come to grips with the FACT of the hardening. God took away their ability to repent. That should bother you if you understood it.That is why God hardened Israel.
No, you got it backwards. Israel will continue to remain stubbornly unrepentant UNTIL God gives them a new heart and a new spirit.That will happen in the Millennial reign of Christ on earth.
At a time in the future, Israel will turn from their sins, and then God will heal them.
You misunderstand what Paul is saying to Timothy. Paul is not saying that God desires that every person be saved. No. Paul is saying that certain types of people will not be left out.God desires all to be saved, but will grant the gift of eternal life to those who will believe. That is what the Scriptures teach.
No. God hardens those who he wishes. Grace is when he unhardens them.God hardens in punishment those who continually refuse His grace.
That isn't true. Your conclusion isn't supported by the scriptures. Does God warn, yes. Does his warning imply or infer that the choice is left to them? No.God shows us all through the Scriptures, by his commands, warnings, admonitions, and teaching, that he is leaving the choice up to each individual to believe. For God's part, he desires to save all people.
I know you want to say that God hardens people because they deserve it, and this makes it easier to deal with the FACT that God hardens people. But let the FACT do it's work. What does it MEAN for God to harden a man? It means that that man can NO longer make a free will choice to repent. That should upset you. It upsets everyone who wakes up to the significance of that truth.