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Verse 21. _HATH NOT THE POTTER POWER OVER THE CLAY_] The apostle
continues his answer to the Jew. Hath not God shown, by the parable of
the potter, Jeremiah 18:1, c., that he may justly dispose of na...
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HATH NOT THE POTTER ... - This same sovereign right of God the apostle
proceeds to urge from another illustration, and another passage from
the Old Testament; Isaiah 64:8, “But now, O Lord, thou art o...
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II. DISPENSATIONAL.
GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL.
Chapter s 9-11.
1. Israel and God's Sovereignty.
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. Paul's Yearning over Israel. (Romans 9:1 .)_
2. What Israel Possesseth. (Romans 9:...
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THE DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY IN JUDGMENT.
Romans 9:19 f. The hard saying just enunciated provokes the question,
Why does He blame, if the hardening is His doing and none may resist
His will? Paul forgoes th...
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THE PROBLEM OF THE JEWS (Romans 9:1-6)
In Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36 Paul tries to deal
with one of the m
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But, then, you may ask, "If this is so how can God go on blaming men
if they do not take his way? Who can withstand God's purpose?" Fellow!
Who are you to be arguing with God? Surely the thing that is...
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POWER. App-172.
OVER. of.
CLAY. See John 9:6.
LUMP. Greek. _phurama._ Only here, Rom 11:16. 1 Corinthians 5:6; 1
Corinthians 5:7;...
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_the potter the clay_ This is the simile likewise in Isaiah just
quoted, and in Isaiah 64:8. (Cp. Jeremiah 18:1-10.) It gets its force
from the perfect pliability of the material. Certainly the
illust...
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E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL
The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown
that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that
b...
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14–33. This choice of GOD is not unjust, because it flows from His
Mercy, not from man’s disposition or efforts. (17) Pharaoh himself
was raised up to give an instance of GOD’S power and to make wide...
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ΕἸΣ ΤΙΜῊΝ for honourable use, ΕἸΣ� for dishonourable
use; of. 2 Tim. _l.c_[187]
[187] _l.c._ locus citatus...
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DISCOURSE: 1886
GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY NOT TO BE ARRAIGNED BY MEN
Romans 9:19. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault?
For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that
repl...
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HATH NOT THE POTTER POWER, &C.— See Jeremiah 18. It is observable,
that Plutarch uses the very same similitude with this before us; and
Aristophanes, among other contemptuous expressions, by which he...
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_TEXT_
Romans 9:19-29. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find
fault? For who withstandeth his will? Romans 9:20 Nay but, O man, who
art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing form...
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Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
HATH NOT THE POTTER POWER OVER THE CLAY, OF THE SAME LUMP TO MAKE ONE
VESSEL UN...
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God's Sovereignty-Individual
37 God's love never lets us go. The trials and tribulations we endure
are not tokens of His displeasure. They are all tempered by His loving
heart. A sense of His lov...
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THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL NO DISPARAGEMENT OR DISPROOF OF THE GOSPEL
The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel (Romans 9:1), but
their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promises, for...
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POWER] RV 'a right': cp. Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 18:6. HONOUR..
DISHONOUR] not referring to final salvation or condemnation, but to
the inequalities of life. Nations as well as individuals are called to...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 9
GOD’S *BLESSINGS FOR THE *JEWS 9:1-5
V1 I speak the truth in *Christ. I am not lying. The *Holy Spirit
guides my con...
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HATH NOT THE POTTER ...? — In strict logic, this verse would supply
a confirmation, rather than a refutation, of the original objection.
If man is merely as clay in the hands of the potter, it would n...
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(19-21) These verses contain the third part of the vindication, which
is based upon a possible extension of the objection. Not only might it
seem as if this absolute choice and rejection was unjust in...
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CHAPTER 20
THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY
Romans 9:1
WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that
Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly inscribed the...
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In the second part of his theodicy Paul meets the objection that this
sovereign freedom of God is essentially unjust....
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ἢ οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίαν ὁ κεραμεὺς τοῦ
πηλοῦ κ. τ. λ. The ἢ puts this as the alternative. _Either_
you must recognise this absoluteness of God in silence, _or_ you must
make the pre-posterous assertion th...
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S CHOICES
Romans 9:14
God desires to do His best for every man. But, as in the case of Esau,
who wantonly sold his birthright, and of Pharaoh, who turned all God's
revelation...
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The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding
climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the
experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
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(19) Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make
one (20) vessel unto (x) honour, and another unto (21) dishonour?
(19) Alluding to the creation of Adam, he compares mankind not...
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Annon potestatem habet figulus, &c.? St. John Chrysostom (p. 142.)
expressly takes notice, that we must not by this comparison pretend
that man has not free-will, &c. _Greek: entautha...
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TWENTY-FIRST PASSAGE (9:1-29). THE LIBERTY OF GOD IN REGARD TO THE
ELECTION OF ISRAEL.
The apostle opens this passage with a preface expressing the profound
grief he feels in view of the mysterious fa...
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“ _Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who
can resist His will? Much rather_, _O man, who art thou that repliest
against God? Shall the vessel of clay say to him that formed it...
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Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath
resisted his will? (20) Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest
against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, W...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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21._Has not the worker of the clay? etc. _The reason why what is
formed ought not to contend with its former, is, that the former does
nothing but what he has a right to do. By the word _power, _he me...
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There remained one important question to be considered, namely, how
this salvation, common to Jew and Gentile, both alienated from God
this doctrine that there was no difference was to be reconciled w...
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HATH NOT THE POTTER POWER OVER THE CLAY,.... By the power the potter
has over the clay, to shape it in what form he pleases, and out of it
to make what vessels he pleases, and for what purposes he thi...
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Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Ver. 21. _Of the same lump_] The apostle alludeth to man's creation,
and therehen...
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_Nay but, O man_ Little, impotent, ignorant man; _Who art thou_ In all
thy boasted wisdom and penetration; _that repliest against God?_ That
accusest God of injustice, for himself fixing the terms on...
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POWER; rightful power, as the original word implies.
OF THE SAME LUMP; the lump is here the mass of fallen sinful men, who
can claim nothing at God's hand as a matter of right, and towards whom
he ma...
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Silencing the reasonable objector:...
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HATH NOT THE POTTER POWER OVER THE CLAY, OF THE SAME LUMP TO MAKE ONE
VESSEL UNTO HONOR AND ANOTHER UNTO DISHONOR?
Paul here introduces the objection, not of a humble seeker after
truth, but of a trul...
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WHAT OF GOD'S PROMISES TO ISRAEL?
Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel
the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this
day - what is to become of the...
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God loved Jacob.
God "hated" Esau.
NOTE:
1. Nothing to de with their eternal salvation.
2. Not hate in sense of "despise, bad feelings"
3. Vine, p. 538, "Relative preference for one thing over an...
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Romans 9:21 Or hath not the potter. right over the clay, from the same
lump to make one part. vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
'As clay belongs to the potter so people belong to God....
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14-24 Whatever God does, must be just. Wherein the holy, happy people
of God differ from others, God's grace alone makes them differ. In
this preventing, effectual, distinguishing grace, he acts as a...
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He argueth from the less to the greater, that if a potter hath power
over his clay, to form it as he pleaseth, then God hath much more
power over his creatures, to form them or order them as he listet...
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Or [This word presents a dilemma, thus: Either the clay (thing formed)
has no right to question, or the potter has no right to dictate. In
the Greek the form of the question indicates the affirmative...
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Romans 9:21 G2228 Does G2192 (G5719) not G3756 potter G2763 power
G1849 clay G4081 from G1537 same...
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‘Or has the potter not a right over the clay, from the same lump to
make one part a vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?'
He now illustrates his position in terms of a potter who has a lump of...
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GOD HAS THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE CHOOSES, AND TO SAVE WHOM HE
WILL (9:19-29).
Paul does not hide from the consequences of what he has been saying.
He rather defends it by appealing to God's a...
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NOT ALL ISRAEL ARE THE TRUE ISRAEL. THE TRUE ISRAEL ARE A REMNANT OF
ISRAEL CHOSEN BY GOD, TOGETHER WITH SOME BELIEVING GENTILES. FOR GOD
HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE WILL (9:6-29).
Paul now begins to es...
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THE MESSSIAH HAS COME AND IS FOR ALL. GOD HAS NOT FAILED IN HIS
PROMISES TO THE TRUE ISRAEL. SALVATION FOR ALL IS THROUGH FAITH IN THE
MESSIAH (9:1-11:36)
Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in which h...
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Romans 9:21. OR HATH NOT THE POTTER. ‘Or' suggests the dilemma
arising out of the figure: Either the thing formed cannot speak thus,
or the potter has not authority, etc. The interrogative form here
i...
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II. _God's Promise is not Void._
The rejection of the gospel by the Jews, which has caused the deep
emotion of the Apostle in view of their great privileges (Romans
9:1-5), does not render God's promi...
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OR HATH NOT THE POTTER A RIGHT OVER THE CLAY?
(η ουκ εχε εξουσιαν ο κεραμευς του
πηλου?). This question, expecting an affirmative answer, is
Paul's reply to the previous one, "Why didst thou make me...
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Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had
rejected Christ.
Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I hav...
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The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they
had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they
had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of r...
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CONTENTS: Covenants of Israel not set aside by Gospel. The seven-fold
privilege of Israel. The blinding of Israel and God's mercy to the
Gentiles.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Sarah...
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Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not._ These forms of
speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart
deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept ove...
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AFTER ALL. Not the quality of the clay, but the will of the man who
makes the pots, decides what use will be made of each part of the
lump. _The Expositor's Greek Testament_ says: "True, the objector...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:20 Paul does not resolve the problem
presented in v. Romans 9:19 on the basis of human free will. Rather,
he insists that human beings should not rebelliously question God’s
wa...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:1 God’s Righteousness to Israel and to the
Gentiles. Paul has made it clear that God’s saving promises have
been fulfilled for the Gentiles. He now asks whether the promises Go...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 9:17.—According to Sir G. Wilkinson, the Pharaoh here meant
was Thothmes III., not drowned, but overthrown in the Red Sea. Reigned
twenty-five years after that event. So Jewish...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 11:1
2. _The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation
con-sidereal._
ROMANS 9:1
(1) _Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish
nation from inheritan...
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Paul has just closed the eighth chapter of Romans in which he has
taken us into the very peaks of the spiritual experiences that are
ours in Christ Jesus. Showing us that we have this glorious place i...
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2 Timothy 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:21; Acts 9:15; Hosea 8:8; Isaiah 64:8;...
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Power [ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ν]. Or right. See on Mark 2:10; John
1:12.
Lump [φ υ ρ α μ α τ ο ς]. From furaw to mix so as to make
into dough.
Hence any substance mixed with water and kneaded. Philo uses it o...
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HATH GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE?
Romans 9:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. We have the depths of the heart of Paul toward the Jews. How the
heart of the Apostle must have throbbed as he wrote, "I say the truth...
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Hath not the potter power over the clay — And much more hath not God
power over his creatures, to appoint one vessel, namely, the believer,
to honour, and another, the unbeliever, to dishonour?
If we...