IS ELECTION UNFAIR?? - Has the Potter No Right Over the Clay??
As I was getting ready this morning to meet my friend from church for our weekly get-together, I listened to a lecture by R.C. Sproul titled “Election Isn’t Fair?” The lecture addressed the Arminian objection that the doctrines of election and predestination are unfair. Dr. Sproul focused on Romans 9:11–13: “Though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad —in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of Him who calls—she was told, ‘The older will serve the younger.’ As it is written, ‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’” Now, let's focus on these words: “Had done nothing either good or bad.” What point is Paul making? God did not need to look into the future and base His elective choice on what Jacob or Esau would eventually do. God does not choose to save someone because He foresees that person’s future good deeds. Nor does He leave others in their sin because He foresees that they will perform especially wicked dee...
