Friday, March 16, 2012

Romans 9:22-26


22 What if God, although fully intending to show [the awfulness of] His wrath and to make known His power and authority, has tolerated with much patience the vessels (objects) of [His] anger which are ripe for destruction?
Look at what the Holy Spirit tells us about our Father’s personality: He has much patience with the vessels of dishonor. Even though they should be destroyed, our Father tolerates them. That is Grace. Grace forgives even though there is much sin. Grace actually abounds when there is much sin. Just look at Jesus’ life to see this Truth. His miraculous works abounded even though the people only sought Him for selfish reasons. They cried out for His death and He cried out for their forgiveness. And He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.   
23 And [what if] He thus purposes to make known and show the wealth of His glory in [dealing with] the vessels (objects) of His mercy which He has prepared beforehand for glory,
    
24 Even including ourselves whom He has called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles (heathen)?
    
25 Just as He says in Hosea, Those who were not My people I will call My people, and her who was not beloved [I will call] My beloved.
We are shown here that our Father will have mercy on the objects of His mercy and amen, we are all the objects of His mercy. Everyone is our Father’s people and He will call everyone His beloved. 
For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32
The Truth is we are all disobedient. Our Father made us that way so that He can have mercy on all of us. We cannot boast that we did it, or accepted His Grace, and we cannot condemn ourselves or anyone else because they didn’t accept it. Because our Father just freely gives His mercy on us all alike! He has mercy for the vessels of honor, the Bride, and mercy on the vessels of dishonor, who are the guests of the Bride.  
26 And it shall be that in the very place where it was said to them, You are not My people, they shall be called sons of the living God.
    
I know that it does not look like evil people, or unbelieving people, will make it. But the Truth is that our Father’s grace is far greater then His wrath and He will call those people to be with Him for eternity as well. Both the good and the bad are called to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb and only one is not allowed to stay, Matthew 22:10.
Some may lose all of their rewards, but they will still be saved, even though they had to pass through Hades, or the fire, to get there.
But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15
Notice that our Father says any person, not just saved people! 

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