Did God Really Hate Esau?

"Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated..." Wait, what?! How can a loving God hate someone? Does this mean that God chooses some for salvation and others for destruction?

In today’s episode, Pastor Jackie and Pastor Derek talk through a controversial passage of Scripture (Romans 9) to try to understand how God can supposedly hate someone while loving another. Many doctrines have come out of this idea of God choosing Jacob over Esau based on nothing good or bad they had done and apply that to salvation for us today. Although this topic may seem confusing, the Bible is actually pretty clear on what God means when He says that He hates Esau and we seek to explore that and give some application for that today!

The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. 

Scriptures: Rom. 9:8-13; Malachi 1:2-4; Deut. 21:15-16; 1 John 2:9; Matt. 6:24; Psa. 5:5; Rom. 3:23; Rom. 5:8; John 3:16; Luke 14:26; John 12:25; Gen. 29:30-31; Matt. 5:21-22; 1 John 3:15; Matt. 5:43-48; Rom. 9:25-26; Hosea 1:10; Hosea 2:23.

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