So you are going to say to me, “Then why does he still blame people? Who has ever resisted his will?” You are only a human being. Who do you think you are to talk back to God? Does the clay say to the potter, “Why did you make me like this?” Doesn’t the potter have the power over the clay to make one pot for special purposes and another for garbage from the same lump of clay? What if God very patiently puts up with pots made for wrath that were designed for destruction, because he wanted to show his wrath and to make his power known? What if he did this to make the wealth of his glory known toward pots made for mercy, which he prepared in advance for glory? We are the ones God has called. We don’t come only from the Jews but we also come from the Gentiles. As it says also in Hosea, I will call “my people” those who aren’t my people, and the one who isn’t well loved, I will call “loved one.” And in the place where it was said to them, “You aren’t my people,” there they will be called “the living God’s children.” But Isaiah cries out for Israel, Though the number of Israel’s children will be like the sand of the sea, only a remaining part will be saved, because the Lord does what he says completely and quickly. As Isaiah prophesied, If the Lord of the heavenly forces had not left descendants for us, we would have been like Sodom, and we would have become like Gomorrah. (Romans 9:19-29, CEB)
Who do you think you are to talk back to God?
Yet we all do it probably every day. I have said I don’t want to go there or lead those people. God, do you really know who I am and you want me to be a pastor, are you crazy?
Yet does the clay say to the potter, why did you make me like this? Should we really talk back, or question, or should we listen and follow?
God’s creation is not from one nationality, not from one group of people. All humans were created by God and all are included by God and therefore need to be included by us.
God says, “I will call “my people” those who aren’t my people, and the one who isn’t well loved, I will call “loved one.”” Those who the world doesn’t love are God’s people and beloved of God. You don’t get to decide who is in or out because God has already said, everyone is loved and included.
Love like Jesus.
Loving People. Loving God.
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