straw,
Please allow me to add to this.
straw said:
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
You would not believe how many complaints of "disgust" I've heard over the years about this Scripture verse from atheists and Arminians.
Is it possible that our God already knows what the disposition and conduct, in their future, would be with these unborn children? We are all depraved at birth and excepting His grace, deserving of such a judgment.
Men and women right now, are making this judgement about life and
aborting their own children with extreme malice (about 40 million in the U.S. alone since 1973 and nearly 1 billion world-wide since WW 2). This is perfectly OK and "moral" according to them, but they then judge God as to who He decides to give life from His own creation??
The aborting mother and father's judgement in nearly all abortions is to sacrifice a human life so that they might buy a new sports car, go out to dinner more often or make a larger payment on a bigger house!!! Why mess with newborn life when we can have "things"?
Maybe the Lord does not want their children to grow up and be just like them?The truth is, that our Creator has more of a right to make judgements or to give and withhold life from His own creatures than we do to step on one of His insects.
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! [Romans 11:33, NASB]
Denny
Romans 3:22-24
