“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”
Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? — The ἐξουσία (exousia, "right/authority") of the κεραμεύς (kerameus, "potter") over the ἴδιος χῶμα (idios chōma, "same clay") is unconditional. From one mass, vessels (σκεύη, skeuē) arise: some honorable, some common. The divine sovereignty over creation is non-negotiable.
Church Fathers on Romans 9:20
“Nay but, O man, who are you that repliest against God?” This he does to take down the objector's unseasonable inquisitiveness, and excessive curiosity, and to put a check upon it, and teach him to know what God is, and what man, and how incomprehensible His foreknowledge is, and how far above our reason, and how obedience to Him in all points is binding. So when he has made this preparatory step in his hearer, and has hushed and softened down his spirit, then with great…
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