Originally Posted by
Davis Farnell
Romans 9:14-16 "What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.”Paul feels our pain. He feels our pain in that we have a difficult time reconciling election with a just God. Paul says that God is not at all unjust in election and that he will have mercy on whom he has mercy and compassion on whom he has compassion. This is showing us the glory of God in that he is able to operate in complete freedom because he does what he wants because he wants to.What you need to take away from this is the fact that justice to us is not necessarily justice to God. When you say that a God who unconditionally elects is evil, you are implying that he is evil based on your human understanding of justice. Justice to God, is his never ending commitment to always uphold his glory. Based on those verses, we know that part of God's glory is his right and ability to operate in complete freedom. If God were obligated to act based on the free choice of man (outside his sovereignty), then he would not be acting in complete freedom, rather he would be REacting to the actions of man. This would put God's glory at fault which would make him unjust. In other words, allowing man to have the power of choice outside of his sovereignty, would put his glory at fault and make him unjust. You say that unconditional election is unjust on God's part. That is based on your limited human understanding of justice.
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