Mr. Rogers, why do you think the book of Romans is called “Romans?”
Answer: It was written by Paul TO THE ROMANS. He discusses the tribes of Israel as well as God’s covenant with Abraham. Then he specifically goes into God’s sovereign plans of election AND destruction. You are writing-off the teachings of an entire book because you don’t know the background surrounding the book.
It was written to CHRISTIANS, including those who were Jewish converts.
And irresistible grace and God determining who must be saved and who will not be allowed to be saved is NOT a part of the teaching of Romans, which is most emphatically about our need to respond to God with FAITH.
A major them is that those who believe - whoever believes - will be saved. Not that God requires some to be saved and others to be damned, but whoever believes will be saved.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”