21:32 - "If you question the love of God while looking at these doctrines, you're doing it wrong." Yet the fruit of Calvinism has caused many, even among the elect, to question the love of God. I see a problem here... Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful that God loves me, but when I hear that God has mysteriously picked me to be loved, and mysteriously decides that others just like me will be damned, that is so unsettling to my spirit. Was there no hope of salvation for them? This just makes "common grace," or God's "general love" for all people fake grace, and false love. God's general love toward all would be just a facade to give most people on earth enjoyment for a time before they will be eternally damned for their sins with no chance to repent in faith, (although they are commanded to do so) all because God did not mysteriously and forcefully changing their rebellious nature so that they would believe.
21:32 - "If you question the love of God while looking at these doctrines, you're doing it wrong." Yet the fruit of Calvinism has caused many, even among the elect, to question the love of God. I see a problem here... Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful that God loves me, but when I hear that God has mysteriously picked me to be loved, and mysteriously decides that others just like me will be damned, that is so unsettling to my spirit. Was there no hope of salvation for them? This just makes "common grace," or God's "general love" for all people fake grace, and false love. God's general love toward all would be just a facade to give most people on earth enjoyment for a time before they will be eternally damned for their sins with no chance to repent in faith, (although they are commanded to do so) all because God did not mysteriously and forcefully changing their rebellious nature so that they would believe.