Mercy for some Unbelievers

[brightfame52]

Rom 11:32

32 ;For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

There are unbelievers in this world that are not condemned, but are objects of and shall obtain mercy from God,

Like the Apostle Paul, even as an raging lunatic persecutor and in ignorance, and a enemy to Jesus Christ, God never condemned him, but made him an object of His Mercy 1 Tim 1:12-13

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Yes even though Saul of Tarsus didn't know it at the time of his madness, all that time he was, along with others, a vessel of mercy !

Rom 9:23

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
There are other elect vessels of mercy in unbelief that shall experientially obtain mercy Rom 11:30-31

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

They have not believed, that they may obtain mercy. They are unbelievers but they are elect !

So unbelieving elect people are not under wrath and condemnation as these are Jn 3:18,36

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

 

[TibiasDad]

Rom 11:32

32 ;For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Rom 11:30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.


32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

1) To whom does “bound everyone over” refer? The context says that all Jews and Gentiles, that meaning every single individual regardless of their race, have been bound over to disobedience/unbelief.

2) “…so that he may” is the critical part of the statement. The phrase is a subjunctive mood statement, which indicates a potential occurrence is established. Everyone is bound over “in order that” God can potentially have mercy…

3) “…on them all”. Now to whom does “them all” refer? It is “everyone” who were bound over to disobedience/unbelief (ἀπείθεια) apetheia. (From whence we get our word “apathy” and “apathetic”)

Thus, if all are bound over to disobedience/unbelief, then the same “all” are those on whom God might potentially have mercy. Gentiles received mercy because Israel refused to believe, and this show that if God had mercy on Gentiles who believe, he may also have mercy on Israel if they believe.


Doug