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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Because He is the Potter and we are not. He is God and we are not.
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump done vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 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, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory. (Romans 9:21-23)
I know this offends the righteous sensibilities of us mere mortals, but God has the "right" to show his wrath and to make known his power by preparing both both vessels of wrath and vessels of mercy, and he has done so from eternity past, and it is all for his glory.
***If you are reading this and will not run away from his Word, there's a very good chance that you are a vessel of mercy. Count your blessings my dear friends!
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I was speaking of "we" in the global humanity sense. MacDonald's position is that even the dishonorable pots will eventually be saved. To challenge such a position, I asked the question about angels.