On the contrary, who are you, you foolish person, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? Or does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one object for honorable use, and another for common use?
Romans 9:20-21
The interpretation of these two verses can often be misleading, suggesting that God created some people for salvation and others for damnation. However, this is not the case. While God established His plan of salvation in eternity past, it was in response to what would eventually be the fall of mankind. In other words, the overarching story of God’s plan of redemption applies His grace to a large portion of humanity who are already spiritually dead, rather than determining who is created for good and who is created for evil. This plan unfolds by allowing the world to experience ruin through the fall. Otherwise, God’s election by grace (Ephesians 1:4-6) would not be grace at all.
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