Rom 9:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. Therefore hath he-- "So then he hath." The result then is that He hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth-- by judicially abandoning them to the hardening influence of sin itself ( , ; , 26, 28; , ), and of the surrounding incentives to it ( ; ; ). Second objection to the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty:

‏ Romans 9:18

18. Therefore hath he--"So then he hath." The result then is that He hath

mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth--by judicially abandoning them to the hardening influence of sin itself (Psa 81:11, 12; Ro 1:24, 26, 28; He 3:8, 13), and of the surrounding incentives to it (Mt 24:12; 1Co 15:38; 2Th 2:17).

Second objection to the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty: