tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461727154580802707.post1644939877324694885..comments2023-05-25T10:54:24.390+01:00Comments on weecalvin1509: seriousweecalvin1509http://www.blogger.com/profile/11651073682513238727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461727154580802707.post-28487246980861918102013-09-27T15:48:08.852+01:002013-09-27T15:48:08.852+01:00Hi Anon,
I don't think that Romans 9 is teach...Hi Anon,<br /><br />I don't think that Romans 9 is teaching that God just decided to hate Esau for the sheer fun of it - not that I am accusing you of doing so. Reprobation is God choosing to pass over certain guilty sinners and leaving them in their sins by leaving them to their own devices. Election is God choosing to save certain guilty sinners by sending His Son to die for them and by giving them saving faith and drawing them to Christ. Any hatred which God has for the reprobate is therefore judicial. If they were not guilty sinners, then they would not endure His wrath and just hatred. weecalvin1509https://www.blogger.com/profile/11651073682513238727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461727154580802707.post-43186714297117599422013-09-24T17:00:10.089+01:002013-09-24T17:00:10.089+01:00'I am unaware of any passage of Scripture that...'I am unaware of any passage of Scripture that teaches that God has a bare hatred for any man either before or after birth'.<br /><br />I suppose that depends on how you define 'bare hatred'. As I recall Romans 9 states explicitly that God hated Esau before either he or his brother were born or had done good or evil. I also recall that the Psalmist declares that God hates all the workers of iniquity though I grant this may be more in the character of imprecation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com