Ahhh. Then He hates "the SIN" NOT "the sinnER"
He has erased it
I thought you believe that He "covers it" or "ignores it"? "Erased" is fine with me.
When God looks at us , He sees the righteousness of Christ .God loves those that are His.
Ok... now we're back to Luther and his "dung hill covered with snow". Which is it?
God is Love, but that is not His exclusive attribute
God is Holy, God is Just, God is mercy
Any of those contradict each other like "love" and "hate"? What happened to "God cannot lie because He IS Truth"?
Without Justice Mercy has no meaning
To think that "justice" implys "hate" makes me scared to think you might end up on a jury.
Any of those contradict each other like "love" and "hate"?
Right on. God is love, but God is also consumed with hatred for those who sin, even though they are not His children and He specifically created them in order that they could be an object of His wrath.
Terry, does God need to hate? Does He need to create a special class in order to incur His hate eternally?
God feel tremendous sadness at those who reject Him. Not hatred.
And you still haven't explained how you think those who are reprobates have "rejected" God's mercy.
SD