Romans 9:19

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You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

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  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • 2 Chr 20:6 : 6 He prayed:“O LORD God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
  • 1 Cor 15:35 : 35 The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
  • Jas 1:13 : 13 Let no one say when he is tempted,“I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
  • Job 9:12-15 : 12 If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’ 13 God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed. 14 The Impossibility of Facing God in Court“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him! 15 Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’
  • Job 23:13-14 : 13 But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does. 14 For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
  • Isa 10:6-7 : 6 I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets. 7 But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’ 11 who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.
  • Mark 14:21 : 21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
  • Rom 3:5-8 : 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? 7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say,“Let us do evil so that good may come of it”?– as some who slander us allege that we say.(Their condemnation is deserved!)
  • Rom 11:19 : 19 Then you will say,“The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
  • 1 Cor 15:12 : 12 No Resurrection? Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

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