Paul quotes Isaiah in telling us that though God's calling is open to everyone, only a remnant will respond. I finally get to dig into the namesake verse of this devotional and why I feel strongly about our role as God's remnant here on Earth.

Paul offers a second quote from Hosea to make his point that God is always seeking to reconcile and restore His called people. We explore the point Paul makes through Hosea.

Paul quotes a verse from Hosea to help make his point about calling all walks of people to Him. We talk about Hosea and the verse that Paul quotes, and what it means for us.

In verse 24, Paul finishes the sentence he started in verse 22, but he really is introducing the next topic he intends to cover: our calling. We back up and talk about us calling to God, and introduce how he calls us too.

Paul gives the counterside to God's wrath that was discussed in verse 22. We explore how much greater God's mercy is when we know we deserve only wrath.

Paul starts a critical question here in verse 22 that he'll carry on for the next couple of verses. That question compares God's wrath with God's mercy. We start by talking about God's wrath, God's purpose for wrath, and how we deserve nothing but His wrath.

Paul carries forth his potter-clay analogy in verse 21. We look at that and step back to explore the predestination hints in Paul's message in general, and what it means for our lives.

Paul begins to answer his question from verse 19 by extending an analogy that has been made famous by Isaiah and Jeremiah. We talk about the clay-potter analogy and how Paul means it to answer the question he's asking.

Paul anticipates an objection at this point from some readers that, if God sets our steps, why does God find fault with those steps? We set up that question that we'll answer in the days to come.

Paul concludes his examples of Moses and Pharoah by stating that God chooses to have mercy on some and to harden others. We briefly cover that conclusion.