24/08/2026
Mummy Rhoda Heman Ackah.
In Romans 9:22–23, we see two kinds of vessels: vessels of wrath and vessels of mercy.
“What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory?
There are two vessels, and ultimately, we must choose which one we become.
What I become and who I become is influenced by my choices.
The Bible speaks about vessels that are prepared for destruction. Yet we must understand that God did not create people so that they would sin and then destroy them for committing the sins He forced them to commit. God is not wicked, nor is He the author of sin.
Romans 9:22 tells us that God endured the vessels of wrath with great patience and long-suffering. God gives people opportunities to repent, but when people continually reject Him and persist in sin, they eventually face the consequences of their choices.
They choose a life of self-pleasure rather than a life surrendered to God. They follow their passions and desires outside God's will, and eventually, they reap the consequences of what they have sown.
We must always remember the principle of sowing and reaping:
Whatever you sow, you will reap.
As long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest will continue. When you sow according to your flesh, your desires, and your passions outside God's plan, you will eventually reap the consequences.
God's wrath will ultimately come upon the vessels of destruction, but God did not create them for destruction simply because He wanted to destroy them.
In fact, the place of everlasting fire was originally prepared for the devil and his angels, not humanity.
“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’” — Matthew 25:41