...Old Covenant. . . (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that catteth;) It -was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. (Romans 9:11-12) God's ultimate...

...point. He contends that for the children not yet being bora, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls. It was said to Rebecca, the oldest, would serve the younger. • As it is written, Jacob...

...and Esau, says ; " For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calleth, it was said, The elder shall serve the younger, as it is written, Jacob have I loved,...

...one, our father Isaac; for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of the One calling.(Rom. 9:6-1 1) The NASB translates Romans 9:6 with the added word "descended": But...

...another way of stating Jehovah's absolute and all-wise sovereignty in giving or withholding blessing? "What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will...

...they were not yet born, and had not done anything either good or evil, in order that God's purpose according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, if at such a period this was said, how if we do not go back to the works done before this life, can...

...complete misunderstanding of the reality of the grace of God. XXVIII. The Coming of the Called " That the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but ol Him that calteth." —Ram, ix. n. THE question is, whether the elect cooperate in the call. We say....

...broadcast and tuned into a Christian program. The pastor on that program quoted this scripture verse. "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (Romans 9:13). This amazed me because it was less than half an hour after I awoke from the dream that...

..."But," it may be asked, "Surely you do not deny that God loves the entire human family?" We reply, it is written, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (Rom. 9:13). If then God loved Jacob and hated Esau, and that before they were born or had done either...

...inviolable in all its integrity: even as the apostle, when treating of the same intricate question, says, " * If, then, we must be far from thinking that there is unrighteousness with Godj this only can it be,...