“So what does this mean? That God is not fair? We cannot say that. God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I want to show mercy to. I will show pity to anyone I choose.”
So God will choose anyone he decides to show mercy to, and his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.9.14-16.ERV
“And that is not all. Rebecca also had sons, and they had the same father. He is our father Isaac.
But before the two sons were born, God told Rebecca, “The older son will serve the younger.” This was before the boys had done anything good or bad.
God said this before they were born so that the boy he wanted would be chosen because of God’s own plan. He was chosen because he was the one God wanted to call, not because of anything the boys did.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.9.10-12.ERV
“This means that not all of Abraham’s descendants are God’s true children. Abraham’s true children are those who become God’s children because of the promise he made to Abraham.
Here is what God said in that promise: “About this time next year I will come back, and Sarah will have a son.””
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.9.8-9.ERV
“Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God’s love—not death, life, angels, or ruling spirits. I am sure that nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us or nothing below us—nothing in the whole created world—will ever be able to separate us from the love God has shown us in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.8.38-39.ERV
“Can anything separate us from Christ’s love? Can trouble or problems or persecution separate us from his love? If we have no food or clothes or face danger or even death, will that separate us from his love?
But in all these troubles we have complete victory through God, who has shown his love for us.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.8.35.ERV
“Who can accuse the people God has chosen? No one! God is the one who makes them right.
Who can say that God’s people are guilty? No one! Christ Jesus died for us, but that is not all. He was also raised from death. And now he is at God’s right side, speaking to him for us.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.8.33-34.ERV
“So what should we say about this? If God is for us, no one can stand against us. And God is with us.
He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for all of us. So now with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.8.31-32.ERV
