Read, Think & Question. - Rom 11:32 For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].
Now for my controversial remark. If I have 100 dollars I may give you 50? but will I??? Same thing with GOD -
Rom 9:15 For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION."
Like I said before, pray for the Lord to have mercy on us because unlike me and you GOD does have a choice. Here we are born into sin thinking we can chose God. you better pray He chooses you
Rom 9:11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,
Going outside assumptions of current popular theology or the current doctrinal wind, and relying on the Bible as your sole truth may bring you into greater understanding of the ways and purposes of GOD. Here is a Bible truth that gets little acknowledgement in most churches because it does not adhere to the secular view of fairness;
Rom 9:18 So then He has mercy on whomever He wills (chooses) and He hardens (makes stubborn and unyielding the heart of) whomever He wills.
Another Read, Think & Question moment.
1 Cor 2:15(a) But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things]