What the Bible says about Vessels of Mercy
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Romans 9:21 It is completely the sovereign God's choice whom He assigns to have the faith to be saved. Those He assigns to have faith, He calls. We have nothing to brag about before God or man regarding our position. John W. Ritenbaugh The Sovereignty of God: Part Seven Related Topics: Clay and Potter Analogy | God's Calling | God's Sovereignty | Potter and Clay Analogy | Vessels for Dishonor | Vessels for Honor | Vessels of Dishonor | Vessels of Honor | Vessels of Mercy

Galatians 6:15-16 Walk according to this rule means "understand and apply this principle." After Jacob's name was changed to Israel, through the centuries Israel gradually became a code name for the called and chosen of God who had made a covenant with Him. Here in Galatians 6, that code name is transferred openly and clearly to the church, and Paul attaches the prepositional phrase "of God" to show possession to differentiate it from the physical nation also named "Israel." God is creating a new nation—a New Covenant people—whose citizenship is in heaven and whose people owe their loyalty to the Kingdom of God, its laws, and its purposes. The Israel of God—the remnant, the elect, the vessels of mercy, the children of promise—is a spiritual body, the Body of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:18). There is neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female. In one sense, there is no nationality, for we are being transformed into a new "nationality"—the Kingdom of God! God is doing a new thing. John W. Ritenbaugh The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eleven) Related Topics: Body Analogy | Body Metaphor | Body of Christ | Children of Israel | Children of Promise | Chosen People | Chosen, The | Church | Church as Organism | Elect , The | Israel of God | Remnant of Israel | Remnant, Spiritual | Spiritual Body | Spiritual Organism | Vessels of Mercy

 

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