Should we tell a rebellious unsaved
person that God loves him? Herman Hoeksema To say that God
loves the reprobate is to contradict the very nature of divine election
and reprobation. John Owen To affirm universal
redemption is to say that God loves all alike which is plainly
contrary to the word of God. Arthur Pink. To tell the rebellious
sinner that God loves him is to misrepresent God and the facts
of his condition. The truth is that God is angry
with the wicked every day. R. C. Sproul. God does not love all
men in the same way. If he did, then all would be
saved. His redeeming love is particular,
set upon his sheep. Charles Spurgeon. It is a misrepresentation
of the gospel to tell a man that God loves him and yet that God
will condemn him to hell at last. He has a salvific love only towards
his elect, redeemed, and believing people. God's Word. You hate all evildoers. The Lord
abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. God is angry with the
wicked every day. The wicked and those who love
violence his soul hates. There are six things the Lord
hates, seven that are detestable to him, a false witness who pours
out lies and a person who sows discord among brothers. The Lord detests all the proud
of heart, be sure of this, they will not go unpunished. The Lord
is a jealous and avenging God. The Lord takes vengeance and
is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on His
foes and maintains His wrath against His enemies. Whoever
rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains
on him. You are storing up wrath against
yourself for the day of God's wrath when His righteous judgment
will be revealed. but for those who are self-seeking
and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath
and anger. Just as it is written, Jacob
I loved, but Esau I hated. What if God, choosing to show
his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience
the objects of his wrath, prepared for destruction?