(April 29, 2012 at 8:09 pm)Godschild Wrote: 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.Do you understand the word love in the English does not translate to any one specific word in the Greek? There are four words in the Greek that all get translated into the word Love in the English. These four words have four separate meanings. The Word Agape' is used when ever speaking of the type of Love God has for man. This love by definition so conditional.
So how can i say God is not Omni Benevolent? Because the bible clearly states that God's love is conditional.
However that does not mean He wants to see people perish, that said He will hold us to our decisions if the conditions of the Agape' love He offers has not been met.
Quote: God says He hates the actions of man not man himself, why would God give life to those He would hate.Agape has nothing to do with feelings like hate.
Quote:Pharaoh 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, judgment fell upon them, not hate.Again blind feeling/emotion has nothing to do with this form of love.
Do a search on the four words of love in the ancient Greek.
if you want a more complete understanding of what I am discussing.