Witness Charles Hodge become the apostolic critic of Romans 9:19 as he attempts to explain Paul’s response in Romans 9:20-21 (from his commentary on Romans): “The objection is founded on ignorance or misapprehension of the true relation between God and his sinful creatures. It supposes that he is under obligation to extend his grace to [...]
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Those who side with the Apostolic critic of Romans 9:19 make much of the fact that the passive voice is used in the phrase “vessels of wrath fitted for destruction.” They think the passive voice means that God is not the One who prepares them since Paul used the active voice in the phrase “vessels [...]
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Who is the apostolic critic in Romans 9:19? (part 3)
“So, then, to whom He desires, He shows mercy. And to whom He desires, He hardens. You will then say to me, Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His will? Yes, rather, O man, who are you answering against God? Shall the thing formed say to the One forming it, Why [...]
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