Would this be a fair statement?

Yes. I'll take your word for it and ignore the likes of:

Jesus

The Apostle Paul

Augustine

Luther

Calvin

Whitfield

Spurgeon

 

So the destiny or fate of everyone born after the fall hinges on whether or not they were predestined to salvation, right?

And I'm not denying the just-ness of their condemnation, so we can shelve that, for brevity's sake.

 

How dare you tell the potter what He can and cannot do!

You are the clay. He will make what He desires and use that vessel as He desires.

You do not know the opening chapters of Romans totally destroys your thinking?

Does not Romans 9 also refute your view?

19You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?” 20On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? 21Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? 22What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? 23And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, 24even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.
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God expressing enormous patience is WILLING to demonstrate HIS wrath and to make KNOWN His power, by allowing the ungodly to run their course to destruction.

Why?

To make "known the riches of His glory upon the vessels of mercy that He prepared before hand."

See the difference?

The vessels "prepared before hand" are NOT those who willfully run to ruin.

 

See, again you make it as if GOD CHOSE those for destruction.

He did not. ALL humankind choose destruction. That is not God's will, for He "desires that all come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2).

But they do not, because they will not. As John states, they loved darkness more than light. They hate light, push back and scheme against light.

God takes from all that already are destined for destruction (for all have sinned) and redeems those of His design and purpose.

 

Hey, that's what I was saying.

 

Have not all sinned?

What wages does sin pay?

What is the ultimate destiny of all who do not believe? Is that God's choice?

What does the Scriptures present must take place that one believe?

Is that God's choice?

 

I don't know who taught you that Roman's 9 was concerning Egyptians, but it isn't.

Perhaps you should re-read that section of Romans (start in 8 and read through 10) and verify what Paul is discussing.

 

If I answer these questions, will you answer mine?

 

They do not because they cannot any more than you could.

NO one can. ALL have come short!

Somehow, I get the impression that you want to hold that people have some common ability to choose what is righteous.

That is not Scripture presentation.

There is NOT anyone righteous of their own volition. Not one! (Romans)

EVERYONE has turned away, ALL have gone their own way and not that of righteousness.

Not a single person has authority of their own will to gain God's attention and be redeemed.

John states, "NOT of the will of man..." (John 1)

 

Did I not answer yours?

Have I not presented to you answers or did I miss something?

 

Oh my!

I suppose you think that Hosea and Isaiah were also writing about Egypt?

Like I said, Go back and start in Romans 8 and read through to Romans 10.

Then try to excuse Romans 9 away as God not attending to the very argument you are making. That He is in some manner unfair.