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Date of Sermon: November 14, 2021
Main Idea: God determines the fate of His creation Key Verse: “Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?” Romans 9:21 Bible reading: 19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory-- Outline: I. Creatures Have No Right to Question the Creator (19-21) A. Does God’s sovereignty eliminate free will? (19) B. The creature has no right to question God (20) C. God rightly determines the fate of His creation (21) II. Creature’s Fate Determined by the Creator (22-23) A. Some are created to display God’s wrath (22) B. So that God’s mercy is better displayed (23) |