The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Extent of God's Love

Johan,

Here is a nother article I found on the Love of God by D.A.Carson. I am beginning to understand more the divide between me and many here, as D.A. Carson suggests, when we leave the possibility of love being extended to those who are not elect, we are approaching Hyper Calvinism. The view I hold is actually standing together with many others, not just a few as implied, and I intend to stay here.

Article by D.A. Carson:
http://calvinandcalvinism.com/?p=1301

To say God did not show salvific love (again,I call this objective love)to the non-elect is contrary to all that scripture teaches on the subject. As my first post suggested, then we are basically lying when we present the gospel no matter how we rationalize it. There are arguments on both sides that can be convincing, but it all comes down to who God is in relation to the world. Just think, if Jesus who was God did not love the elect and the non-elect when He was in the flesh, then He never fulfilled the law. God can have a type of Love for the non-elect without extending salvation to them. And not just the love of benevelence as has been suggested. Maybe on this discussion group I standalone, but not in His church, others have held the same view without being Arminian.

Hmmm I just pulled Spurgeon vs Hyper-Calvinism off the shelf, I intend to see how he approached the subject also.