beloved57
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Easy, God sets priorities. In priority, God loved Jacob, but in priority hated Esau, did not God take care of Esau?
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Easy, God sets priorities. In priority, God loved Jacob, but in priority hated Esau, did not God take care of Esau?
You should have noticed that ''peoples''is in italics, but why bother with accuracy?
well, that word "all" is important too - atrol:
This fact alone is proof that God does not Love all men without exception, because as it is written Heb 12:6-7
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Are all Sons ? Of course not,neither are all Loved by God !
Rev 3:19
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Jesus specifically says here "As many as I love" I chasten !
Why doesnt He just say, I love all without exception, so i will chasten all without exception ? The very fact that He qualifies whom He Loves by saying "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten" proves that His Love is Limited to an exact amount of Sons !
Who is it limited to ? Lets look at Heb 12:7
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Why its the Sons of God Gal 4:6
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Now everyone Christ died for and redeemed automatically received the Adoption of Sons Gal 4:4-5
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that[hina purpose clause] we might receive the adoption of son
And because that was so, God sends forth the Spirit of His Son in our hearts !
And none are the Sons whom God is not the Father of as implied when Jesus spoke to certain jews Jn 8:42
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
We may safely conclude therefore that none who do not come to Love Christ, of which Paul writes of them 1 Cor 16:22
22 If any man[jew or gentile,black or white] love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Because they are not Sons, and Not Loved by God ! They are exempt from being any of these Jn 3:16 !
Amen!
The majority of the world of mankind does not Love the Lord Jesus Christ.
They mock, debase, defame, disrespect and blaspheme Him every day.
These are the devil's children, the tares Mat. 13:25, 38, whose end is to be burned Mat. 13:40.
But the world that God gave His Son for John 3:16; 2 Cor. 5:21 is an Elect remnant
of the whole of mankind whom He had Chosen in His Son before time,
to be holy and without blame before Him in Love Eph. 1:4.
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umm let me see
my wife and i birth a child with the intention of hating the child
stupid thought
umm
my wife and i decide to try and have a child so that
we can take that child out into a barn hang them on a rack and have someone torture them for all eternity. Without ever giving them the dying for all empowerment to receive and believe.
(child abuse in any court of law.)
wait oh i am sorry that is called (love) in the (hyper calvinists court of law) as well as justice. Once again we just need to redefine the word LOVE.
God is love and He loves all His created children.
however some deny and are destined for destruction
matthew 10:33 "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
romans 10:12-13 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED
This fact alone is proof that God does not Love all men without exception, because as it is written Heb 12:6-7
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Are all Sons ? Of course not,neither are all Loved by God !
Rev 3:19
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Jesus specifically says here "As many as I love" I chasten !
Why doesnt He just say, I love all without exception, so i will chasten all without exception ? The very fact that He qualifies whom He Loves by saying "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten" proves that His Love is Limited to an exact amount of Sons !
Who is it limited to ? Lets look at Heb 12:7
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Why its the Sons of God Gal 4:6
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Now everyone Christ died for and redeemed automatically received the Adoption of Sons Gal 4:4-5
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that[hina purpose clause] we might receive the adoption of son
And because that was so, God sends forth the Spirit of His Son in our hearts !
And none are the Sons whom God is not the Father of as implied when Jesus spoke to certain jews Jn 8:42
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
We may safely conclude therefore that none who do not come to Love Christ, of which Paul writes of them 1 Cor 16:22
22 If any man[jew or gentile,black or white] love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Because they are not Sons, and Not Loved by God ! They are exempt from being any of these Jn 3:16 !
Gods everlasting Love for His Elect [in Christ] causes their Faith, Jer 31:3
3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Because of this Love and by this Love they are being drawn/led to Him, Persuaded by Him, its the same Truth seen and taught in 2 Thess 2:13
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord[those loved with an everlasting love], because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
By being the beloeved of Lord, it results in belief of the Truth, which is Faith !
Gods Everlasting Love to the Elect is no doubt based upon His Eternal Love of Christ their Head, who stated that He was Loved by the Father before the foundation Jn 17:24
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Note: Christ here is not speaking as a mere private person, but as the Head of a People given to Him Jn 17:2 !
And so He Loved those given Him, In Him so we do read Jn 17:23
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Because God Loved the Head and the Body of Members Simultaneously, so this is the Love of them which is only in Christ Jesus Rom 8:39
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
So it is I understand that Love in Jer 31:3 to be that same Love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom 8:39, which Love draws to Faith in Christ via the Gospel , the belief of the Truth 2 Thess 2:13-14 !
John 3:16 is clear.
He says he so loved the world.
He does not say He so loved the world with a few exceptions.
II Peter 1:20 on you!
That's exactly what I understand!
From Everlasting, God Purposed to Love only all those whom He has chosen to be in Union with Christ Jesus Eph. 1:4;
One Body, the Church, whom Christ, their Head and Surety, gave His Life for Eph. 5:25. And these are the only ones
which shall be drawn Jer. 31:3 to Him by the Power of God, and shall come to Belief of the Truth and be drawn to Faith:
A small remnant of the whole of mankind Rom. 11:5. Christ's Election Is. 42:1 includes the Election of His Body also:
They are One!
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Nanja,
It is important to only refer to the election of Christ. In fact, it's a bit exasperating to think that God picked out certain people not to believe, and I don't find that mentioned by the NT as clearly as the election of Christ and God's desire that people believe that selection.