(April 29, 2012 at 9:02 am)Drich Wrote:(April 28, 2012 at 7:50 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:Nope. What i am thinking is God does not love everone. Ask Esau, Pharroah, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain, the people caught outside the Ark when the flood came, Judas, the Pharasees, and the Saducees, Ultimatly everyone who does not sin and seek redemption for it.
I'm not sure how you can say this, God is love, He loves all, it is God's desire that everyone come to know Christ and have eternal salvation. God says He hates the actions of man not man himself, why would God give life to those He would hate. Pharoah had many chances, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah only needed five good people, the people outside the Ark were preached to by Noah for 100 years, Cain killed his brother and then mocked God, judgement fell upon them, not hate.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.