When the motive for all of creation was love, do some want you to believe their opinion of love, in lieu of believing love and all that love has revealed to mankind in the person of the lord Jesus?
Why should anyone look to any other man, his opinion's, his theories, his systematic theology, when love said he is the way the truth,and the life.
Why do you want others to believe love is limited?
Why when love has always, desired willingness on behalf of his creation, do you want people to believe, that the creation is unable to be willing?
Why do you want others to believe love is a respecter of persons, when his love was given for all?
Why do you want others to believe your bad news, when his gospel is good news?
Why do you say love is not true, when love has said it is the truth?
Why do you think love inspired this Post?
All of those that put their faith in man's opinions and doctrine, please do not pollute the truth with your unbelief, for people's eternity is at stake!!
Did He love the Canaanites, whom He commanded to be exterminated without mercy? (Dt. 20:16)
Did He love the Ammonites and Moabites whom He commanded not to be received into the congregation forever? (Dt. 23:3)
Does He love the workers of iniquity? (Ps. 5:5)
Does He love the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, which He endures with much long-suffering? (Rom. 9:22)
Romans 11:22 "Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God."
The reason people would disagree with your statements is not because it goes against man's teaching but because it goes against God's. Biblically, you cannot disassociate the thought of God's goodness from His severity. The substance of Christianity is faith in the forgiveness of sins through the redeeming work of Christ on the cross. This santa claus theology that says God is "love, love, love, love, love" and speaks not of God's severity perverts the gospel
"God is love" is not the complete truth so far as the Bible is concerned. God is also light and he came into the world and the world received him not so that they are condemned. Do you think God's love would turn his eye blind to justice? No, for God is a just God as much as He is a loving one.
Presby What you say is not in line with this post, the post is about the love of God, not about those that reject love, no one denies the truth that being in the family of God is by choice.
Ro 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
Now here is what you tried to intimidate others with in light of the word of God.
As the post says the love of God, maybe we should go into his goodness, by the way this is a good scripture, that refutes Calvinism think you for bring it up.
Intimidation is a product of fear, and by have nothing in common with love. there is no fear in love.
It does no good to deny the obvious. What I said refutes every point, either explicit or implicit in your original post. And listen, the bible is very intimidating and any person who does not believe it should be very, very fearful. The will face the wrath of God and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of an angry God. So if you say that I was intimidating by quoting the Bible that is because the Bible is simply intimidating to those who don't believe it.
Now, I'm interested, how can one reject the love of God? Give me some practical examples of this, please. Is it like God says, "You know what, I am gonna love you." But you respond, "No God, I don't want your love." So does God say, "Ok, if you don't want it, then I won't give it to you"? Or does God say, "You may not want it but I am gonna love you any way"?
If it is the first, then obviously God doesn't love everyone, according to your view, because not everyone accepts his love. If it is the latter, then God's love could not be rejected therefore, since salvation is based upon God's love, then everyone would be saved. Do you disagree?
