If you have not watched Romans 9 | Part 1 or Romans 9 | Part 2, please do so first! This section covers Romans 9:19 – 33.

Paul begins verse 19 with another objection that he perceives his audience may have to what he has just said. Here are some additional thoughts on things we may ask:

Why would Paul expect his audience to respond “Who can resist His will?”, if he is only saying that God can grant mercy to those who have faith and harden those who do not?

Paul states that God has the right to deal with Israel like the potter deals with clay. But what does the relationship between the Potter and clay look like?

Paul mentions two groups of people in verse 22 and verse 23: vessels of wrath prepared for destruction and vessels of mercy prepared for glory. In the video, we defined the vessels of mercy as the vessels for honorable use: those in Israel who had faith. The vessels of wrath we said were the vessels for dishonorable use: those who have not had faith and those whom God has brought a partial hardening over.

Does the use of the word “prepared” send a different message? Are some individuals just destined for glory and others destined for destruction?