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Does God Love Every Individual Person in the Same Manner?

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thatbrian

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Two presuppositions which Arminians (et al like them) bring into every discussion are, "Free Will", and God's "unconditional" love for every single person.

Does God love everyone in the same manner? Does He have electing love for every single person?
 
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thatbrian said:
Two presuppositions which Arminians (et al like them) bring into every discussion are, "Free Will", and God's "unconditional" love for every single person.

Does God love everyone in the same manner? Does He have electing love for every single person?
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Why don't you start by quoting some actual non-Calvinist theologians (like, e.g., Leighton Flowers, a.k.a. Skandelon on this board) who discuss their views and then we can start from there, instead of creating and arguing against a strawman?
 
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Bluefalcon said:
Why don't you start by quoting some actual non-Calvinist theologians (like, e.g., Leighton Flowers, a.k.a. Skandelon on this board) who discuss their views and then we can start from there, instead of creating and arguing against a strawman?
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I've started with the doctrines of theologians I interact with every day.
 
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thatbrian said:
Two presuppositions which Arminians (et al like them) bring into every discussion are, "Free Will", and God's "unconditional" love for every single person.

Does God love everyone in the same manner? Does He have electing love for every single person?
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Do you love each of your children in the same manner?
 
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Don said:
I agree with Jesus; and I know the reference you're alluding to.
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Then that answers your question. God's loves His own - His elect, in a salvific manner.

God created Adam and Eve directly, and then they reproduced.
 
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thatbrian said:
Then that answers your question. God's loves His own - His elect, in a salvific manner.

God created Adam and Eve directly, and then they reproduced.
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So God did not create you or me? Asking for clarity.

I was attempting to use the analogy of family; my original question should have been along the lines of, does God love all of His creation? But you've now brought this into a new dimension, indicating that Adam and Eve were His creation; but their offspring, not being direct creations, are therefore not His children. They could therefore be born as children of Satan (i.e., born with a sin nature); and upon salvation, be "adopted" as children of God.

Is that the line of reasoning you're using?
 
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Bluefalcon said:
Why don't you start by quoting some actual non-Calvinist theologians (like, e.g., Leighton Flowers, a.k.a. Skandelon on this board) who discuss their views and then we can start from there, instead of creating and arguing against a strawman?
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Leighton has tried and failed over and over. He is in the process of drifting into more error as we speak. It is a mistake to call him a theologian when he could not exegete romans 9 in his failed debate....He is a nice guy...but drifting....badly.
 
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