Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(Rom 9:11) “(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) (12)  It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. (13)  As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”  If you know the Old Testament, both those things regarding the sons had to do with their “people-groups”. This is important for “election” is not “predetermination”, but based upon “foreknowledge”: (1Pe_1:2) “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,…”  The chapter context is not individuals, but the nation of Israel and the rest of the world – Gentiles.