Romans 9:19 Cross References

Romans 9:19

19: Well then, you might say, "Why does God blame people for not listening? Haven't they simply done what he made them do?"

All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He has the power to do as he pleases among the angels of heaven and with those who live on earth. No one can stop him or challenge him, saying, `What do you mean by doing these things?'

He prayed, "O LORD, God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you!

But someone may ask, "How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?"

If he sends death to snatch someone away, who can stop him? Who dares to ask him, `What are you doing?'
And God does not restrain his anger. The mightiest forces against him are crushed beneath his feet.
"And who am I, that I should try to answer God or even reason with him?
Even if I were innocent, I would have no defense. I could only plead for mercy.

Nevertheless, his mind concerning me remains unchanged, and who can turn him from his purposes? Whatever he wants to do, he does.
So he will do for me all he has planned. He controls my destiny.

"That is what has happened here in this city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.
In fact, everything they did occurred according to your eternal will and plan.

Assyria will enslave my people, who are a godless nation. It will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
But the king of Assyria will not know that it is I who sent him. He will merely think he is attacking my people as part of his plan to conquer the world.

Human opposition only enhances your glory, for you use it as a sword of judgment.

Only I can tell you what is going to happen even before it happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
I will call a swift bird of prey from the east--a leader from a distant land who will come and do my bidding. I have said I would do it, and I will.

As far as I am concerned, God turned into good what you meant for evil. He brought me to the high position I have today so I could save the lives of many people.

But you followed God's prearranged plan. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to the cross and murdered him.

And remember, no one who wants to do wrong should ever say, "God is tempting me." God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else either.

For I, the Son of Man, must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for my betrayer. Far better for him if he had never been born!"

But tell me this--since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?

"But," some say, "our sins serve a good purpose, for people will see God's goodness when he declares us sinners to be innocent. Isn't it unfair, then, for God to punish us?" (That is actually the way some people talk.)
Of course not! If God is not just, how is he qualified to judge the world?
"But," some might still argue, "how can God judge and condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?"
If you follow that kind of thinking, however, you might as well say that the more we sin the better it is! Those who say such things deserve to be condemned, yet some slander me by saying this is what I preach!

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