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Not everyone will realize the truth because God doesn't intend for everyone to realize it right now.
Romans 9:16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
17 For 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
NLT says it like this:
Romans 9:18 So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.
The CEV says it like this:
Romans 9:18 Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.
Everything depends on what God decides to do. That is humbling. Ask yourself: would you realize it if God made you stubborn? Would you realize it if God chose to harden your heart? That is a humbling thought.
Furthermore:
Romans 11:7 ... “God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that could not see
and ears that could not hear,
to this very day.”
Romans 11:32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Yet we know:
1 Tim 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
God will not leave people in stubbornness and disobedience and hardened hearts. He will bring people into a full knowledge of the truth.
Do you see why God is doing all this?
Thanks, Legoman. I am in and out I think that there are so many good things being posted here that I want to keep for reference, so keep sharing!
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