You addressed nothing in my post.
18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.And he also assumed your next question
19You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?" 20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" 21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?