But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? (Response to Leighton Flowers Via James White)

Conclusion: Essentially, the Objector of Romans 9 was objecting to God's election and call of a particular people prior to their birth (the children of promise) unto salvation (Isaac, Jacob) to the exclusion of the rest of mankind for eternal destruction (Ishmael, Esau, Pharoah). 

This is a very brief response to Leighton Flowers who once again mishandles the text of scripture. 

We know the context regarding the question of the "Injustice" of God in conjunction with the Objector's apparent complaint "why have you made me like this" - is about God determining who will be saved and who will not - because Paul has already previously informed us that the Word of God has not failed regarding the salvation of Israel because it was NEVER God's intent to save every Jew or Israelite seeing that not all who are descended from Israel are of Israel who's praise is from God. 

The Apostle Paul also previously informed us that it is not the children of the flesh who are the "children of God" (a reference to salvation) but the "children of promise" (also a reference to salvation) who are truly counted as Abraham's offspring because they will have shared the same faith as Abraham. The question of "injustice" which Paul speaks of later is in regards to God's prerogative as to elect certain individuals before birth and deem them children of promise beforehand (such as Isaac and Jacob) resulting in salvation that is inevitable and certain. This is why Paul chastises the Objector's judgement of God as if God has somehow done something that is wrong or out of character by saying - will what is molded say to its molder, "why have you made me like this" IN RESPONSE TO the Objector's question - "why does God still find fault".

The reason why the Objector ask the question - "why does God still find fault" is because the Objector understood that no one can resist God's will in regards to His prerogative to have MERCY on whom He wills and HARDEN whom He wills. The Objector understood that God determined to save a people according to His own prerogative and not the will of man.

The apparent complaint of "why have you made me like this" from the Objector is in conjunction with the supposedly "injustice" of God AND the "injustice" of God is in conjunction with God beforehand determining before one's birth whom He will either have mercy upon or whom He will harden. God had mercy upon Jacob prior to His birth unto salvation (vessel of mercy) in contrast to God hardening Esau prior to his birth for destruction (vessel of wrath). 

The Objector is not objecting to the greater purposes of God in light of the Jews rebellion and them still being considered at fault as Leighton claim. The Objector is objecting to God's sovereign choice to save who he wills before anyone has done either good or bad and likewise not according to human will or effort on anyone's part.

By Aaron Fisher