"The Sovereignty of God in Predestination" PART 3/3

Send us Fan Mail“Jacob I loved, Esau I hated” is one of those Bible lines people either explain away fast or sit with for a long time. We choose to sit with it, because Romans 9 is not a side issue in Scripture it is a direct challenge to the way many of us talk about God’s love, God’s justice, and how salvation actually happens.We walk through passage after passage that ties salvation to the sovereignty of God and the doctrine of election: mercy that does not depend on human will, a Savior who says “you did not choose me,” and a faith that is “granted.” Along the way, we question a popular modern message that treats “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life” as the standard gospel pitch, and we compare that tone to the Bible’s own emphasis on sin, mercy, and grace. If you care about Reformed theology, Calvinism, predestination, assurance of salvation, and what it means to be spiritually dead and made alive, you’ll hear the core claims laid out plainly.We also tackle the practical pushback: if God chooses, why preach the gospel at all? Our answer is that we preach because we don’t know who God will awaken, and because the same God who ordains the end also ordains the means. The goal is not to win a debate but to land on the right kind of gratitude: do we thank God for saving us, or do we thank our free will?If this stirred questions or helped you see Scripture more clearly, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!