Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: fibercom!lab@uunet.uu.net (Lance Beckner) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: He loves me, He loves me not, He loves me, He... Message-ID:Date: 9 Aug 89 06:26:40 GMT Organization: FiberCom, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia Lines: 35 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [This continues a discussion with Dave Mielke, on the subject of whether God hates those who are not saved. The argument in Dave's last posting was (1) the scriptures teach that there is a judgement, in which some perish. (2) those whom God loves must be saved. Therefore there are some that God does not love. --clh] I'm sorry, but I never agreed that all of those whom God loves must be saved. At present I am still holding to my original position that God loves everyone. But many will reject His love, and they will perish as a result. > of the people in this world die unsaved? The Scriptures teach that many > are on the broad way to destruction and only a few are on the narrow > way to eternal life. God could not have loved those numerous people who > have died unsaved because hell will separate them from His love. As I have said before, I am still prayerfully studying this issue. Let me just try to answer this off of the top of my head (keeping in mind that this may change as I investigate this further). I believe it is true that hell will separate the lost from the love of God. But I don't think that means that God never loved the lost. Rather, it means that even though He loved them, He still had to judge them for their rejection. God is a God of love; He is also a God of justice. Often times we think that God EITHER loves someone, OR He will send them to hell. Because God is a God of justice, all of us deserve to go to hell. But because He is also a God of love, He sent His Son, so that whoever puts their faith on Christ's finished work at the cross of Calvary, can be saved from their just punishment. In Christian Friendship, Lance -- Lance A. Beckner INTERNET: lab@fibercom.com FiberCom, Inc. UUCP: ...!uunet!fibercom!lab P.O. Box 11966 FAX: (703) 342-5961 Roanoke, VA 24022-1966 PHONE: (703) 342-6700