Deuteronomy 7:7
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7 “The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
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Romans 11:6
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6 And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.
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Romans 9:21
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21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
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Romans 9:11-15
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11 But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message shows that God chooses people according to his own purposes; 12 he calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.) She was told, “Your older son will serve your younger son.”[a] 13 In the words of the Scriptures, “I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”[b]
14 Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not! 15 For God said to Moses,
“I will show mercy to anyone I choose,
and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.”[c]
Romans 9:27-29
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27 And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,
“Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore,
only a remnant will be saved.
28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth
quickly and with finality.”[a]
29 And Isaiah said the same thing in another place:
“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
had not spared a few of our children,
we would have been wiped out like Sodom,
destroyed like Gomorrah.”[b]
Footnotes
- 9:27-28 Isa 10:22-23 (Greek version).
- 9:29 Isa 1:9 (Greek version).
Romans 9:18
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18 So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.
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Luke 12:32
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32 “So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.
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Isaiah 51:2
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2 Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor,
and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.
Abraham was only one man when I called him.
But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”
1 John 4:10
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10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
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Matthew 7:14
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14 But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
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Psalm 115:1
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Psalm 115
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name goes all the glory
for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
1 John 3:1
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3 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
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