Paul didn’t teach that God created some people solely for the purpose of destroying them.
Paying attention to all Paul said on the matter would give a clearer perspective on this.
Yes! this speaks from Predestination but Man’s choice isn’t excluded in it.
Unless, when Paul spoke of vessels unto honor & dishonor, he won’t have added “if a man purges himself of these…”
The emphasis of Romans 9-11 is Predestination, because the fate of the Jewish people according to God’s will is the point, the whole counsel doesn’t exclude Choice.
Recognizing the emphasis of a scripture is important lest lop-sided doctrines are built.
From before all time God has prepared Glory for His children, and judgment for servants of the devil. He sees all things from before the beginning, including those who will/not choose Him.
Recently I saw an old movie where a very young boy was to be hung by a supposedly mean political lord because he belonged to a wrong group, Pirates.
I was curious to see if the plot would be written in such a way as the protagonist would save him before his death, but it wasn’t…
The young lad actually hung and died, and I couldn’t help but think:
The irreligious/atheist blames God for creating the kind of world where evil is possible and even present, such evil as the death of a child, yet in their own purview of creativity create such world themselves.
[I’ve moved beyond the movie itself, but I’m using the event in it to illustrate a very real point].