Romans 9:10-21

Read Romans 9:10-21

(Have a notebook and pen ready to write down notes and impressions.)

Focus on Jesus!
A. What did I learn from Jesus? What is He saying to me?
B. How will I follow Jesus today?
C. How can I become like Jesus through this study?

Meditation Questions

Romans 9:10-15  Is God unjust?

10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. 11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, 12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” (Exodus 33:19)

1. Why was God NOT unjust or unfair in choosing Jacob over Esau? Explain your answer.

Focus on Jesus!
A. What did I learn from Jesus? What is He saying to me?
B. How will I follow Jesus today?
C. How can I become like Jesus through this study?

Romans 9:16-21 Who are you to talk back to God?

Romans 9:16-18 
16 So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

Meditation Question

1. How was God’s power and glory displayed to the world through Pharaoh? Did Pharaoh deserve God’s mercy? Do we? Explain your answers.

Romans 9:19-21 
19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” 20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me likethis?” 21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

Meditation Question

1. Why are we in no position to accuse God or to question why He made us like we are?

Share from what you have written with your FBS partner daily (or at least 3-5 times a week using LINE, WhatsApp, Messenger, etc.) Also, share once a week face-to-face or by video call. This is one of the most important parts of processing and applying the word of God to our lives.

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