Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy (Romans 9:11-16).

Romans 9 is like a tiger going about devouring free-willers like me (John Piper, 1968).

 

The sermon below, John Piper’s The Freedom and Justice of God in Unconditional Election, is one of my all-time favorite sermons.  Between 2004 and 2005, I spent dozens of nights listening to this sermon and weeping my eyes out.  The rest of the sermons from Piper’s series on Romans 9 are also some really good resources on unconditional election.

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