Romans 9:20
But who are you, a mere human being, to answer back to God? Will what was shaped say to the one who shaped it, "Why did you make me this way?"
Treated in 9 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Complaining cites Romans ix. 20
…to Christ will say something to the effect that God is unjust and cruel, Job. xl. 2, and Romans ix. 20, are very pointed passages to use with inquirers of this class and need no comment. It…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites Rom. ix. 20
…Majesty, and to exclaim with Paul, “Who art thou, O man, that contendest with God?” (Rom. ix. 20.) Sect. XXIV. — “WHO (you say) will endeavour to amend his life?” — I answer, No man! no…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Second cites Rom. ix. 20
…point, he only rebukes the disputer; “Who art thou, O man, that repliest against God!” (Rom. ix. 20.) — O notable evasion! Is this the way to handle the Holy Scriptures, thus to make a…
- Practical Religion ·
The Great Separation cites Rom. ix. 20
…reconcile it with my views." Nay, but, O man, "who art thou that repliest against God?" (Rom. ix. 20.) By what right do you talk in this way? Surely it were better to say over every chapter…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
The Sovereignty of God cites ROMANS 9:20
…God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? ROMANS 9:20 He was aware this does not remove the difficulty from the heart. He did not pretend it…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Justice of God cites Rom 9:20
…proceedings. Which of these two is more fit to take place, God’s justice or man’s reason? Rom 9:20. ‘Who art thou, O man, that replies against God?’ The plumb line of our reason is too…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 23 — Refutation of the Calumnies by Which This Doctrine Is Always Unjustly Assailed cites Rom. 9:20
…the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?” (Rom. 9:20, 21). They will deny that the justice of God is thus truly defended, and will allege that…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Rom. 9:20
…to join in his exclamation, “Nay, but, O man, who art thou that replies against God?” (Rom. 9:20). Truly does Augustine maintain that it is perverse to measure divine by the standard of…
- The Life and Diary of David Brainerd ·
From his birth to the time when he began to study for the Ministry—containing his own narrative of his conversion, his connection with Yale-College, and the grounds of his expulsion cites Rom. 9:11-23
…should be wholly at God’s pleasure, to save or damn me, just as he would. That passage, Rom. 9:11-23, was a constant vexation to me, especially verse 21. Reading or meditating on this…