Why Does God Hate
The same could be said of why does God Love. The answer to both is because he chooses to do so. God is glorified in everything he does. God raised up Pharaoh for one purpose and that was to show His (God) power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth, Rom 9:17 After Pharaoh served his purpose God drowned him.
Calvinism/Why God Hates
Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by steaver, Feb 1, 2015.
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Jesus gave us the reason we are to love ALL. Matt 5:45 - "That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven".
As children of the Most High, we are to ACT like the Most High in loving ALL. God loves them so we are to love them!!!
Now you all need to stop misrepresenting our God and stop saying God hates most people. Think about what you are saying! It's shameful!! This is the ends of embracing Calvinism....sad. -
robustheologian Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Steaver do you think God loved Pharaoh ? In the book of Jude there were certain men that had crept into the church. These men were ungodly men, turning the grace of God into lasciviousness, denying the only Lord God. But notice one thing, the scripture say's of these men that they were before of old ordained to this condemnation, Jude 1:4. So if God ordained these men to accomplish his purpose, did he ever love them ?
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The truth is, following the precepts of Calvinism, we are presented a God who harbors hatred for the majority of His own creation, which He made in His own image, and which He breathed into and created a living soul. The God I see revealed in the person of Jesus Christ in the New Testament is not a God that seemingly indiscriminately hates the vast majority of the people He comes across. -
Here is one of my favorites, which I gave you plenty of room to retract and your final word was "I stand by what I posted"...
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robustheologian Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming."(1 Cor. 15:20-23)
God's work were known from the foundation of the world(Acts 15:18). He sees the sheep rejoicing in heaven and the goats in the lake of fire as an already fulfilled event. He knew each and every sheep lost, and sent Christ to redeem them from the rest, the goats. He sees them through Christ. Even when the sheep were gone astray, He still saw them through Christ, their Sinbearer.
God saw the end from the beginning, even before He spoke the world, stars, moons, planets, sun into existance, He saw the end, because He declared it to be so...
ETA:I think Isa. 41:4 carries some weight in my belief regarding this subject.. -
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robustheologian Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I still stand behind belief that God doesn't actually hate the non-elect but that he doesn't have the same love for them that he has for the elect. Like I said, just like He's the savior of the world and especially of the elect, God loves the world but He especially loves the elect.
Hope that doesn't seem like "waffling"......or baconing or any other breakfast food. LOL -
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