“So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.” Verse 18 of Romans 9 is one of the hardest verses that Christians grapple with. If God is loving, why would he ever harden anyone? Doesn’t that make God unfair? The truth of the matter is that just as God sovereignly and independently chooses who will receive His mercy, He also sovereignly and independently chooses who He will harden. And doing so does not make Him unfair or unjust.
