Blue, I will post Scripture below, Where does it say God chooses based on personality? - I haven't seen that verse before.
Not by works but by him who calls Romans 9:12
It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. Romans 9:16
Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. Romans 9:18
I see God choosing for His Purposes and for His Will.
That verse you quoted fits with my answer. God judged them based on there heart before they were born or did any works good or bad. It says they had no works. Now you speak of hardening the heart of who He chooses Paul here is speaking of pharaoh who would not let the Jews go. Look at the story it says God harden his heart because he had already harden his heart against God on his own and because he would not repent but was stubborn God used him to show His own glory and harden his heart further. Show me in the Bible where God punishes some one who did not do anything at all? That is not the God I know nor is it justice, but you claim a just God deals in injustices. The story of cain and abel is no different than that of Jacob and Esau. Cain to was rejected because he had not made a choice. Esau was rejected because of who he was not for doing bad things but what was in his heart. Why is that so hard to understand? Or do you think God said I will just reject him for no reason at all. How is that in any way what Jesus tells us about God and who He is? You answer opens up all kinds of questions where i give answers that close the question but you reject them and preffer the open questions. You say I can't see and some one says well it is this and you say I can not see but I know its not that how do you know if you can not see in the first place? What is your answer then what reason did God have for rejecting him? Is none, welll that is not biblical and does not fit what we are told about God or the God I know. In fact we are told God has a reason for everything.
It is so funny the other side was being accused of mysticism when that is what Calvinists here are preaching.
Chinese have a saying how can you fill a cup which is already full, answer is you can't empty your cup. It Means how can you learn anything when you are so sure you already know the answer?
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