What objection does Paul address in Romans 9:19?
Paul addresses the objection that if God is sovereign and no one can resist His will, why does He still find fault? The imagined critic asks, 'Why doth he find fault? For who hath resisted his will?' Paul answers that the creature has no right to reply against God, the Creator.
Les explains that in Romans 9:19 Paul anticipates a critic's objection: if God is sovereign and no one can resist His will, why does He still find fault? The objector asks, 'Why doth he find fault? For who hath resisted his will?' Paul responds, 'Nay, but, O man, who art thou that replyest against God?' Les connects this to Pharaoh: God hardened Pharaoh, but Pharaoh of his own volition rejected God's offer to take Israel out of Egypt, so he hardened his own heart. Paul's point is that the thing formed cannot say to Him that formed it, 'Why hast thou made me thus?' Man has no right to argue with the sovereign Creator.
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
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What objection does Paul raise after Romans 9:18 about God finding fault?
Paul raises the objection that if God is the one who puts a person like Pharaoh in that position, then God has no right to blame that person.