Category Archives: Election and Predestination

The Sovereign work of God in Election

The Universalistic Passages

Probably the most plausible defence for Arminianism is found in the universalistic passages in Scripture. Three of the most quoted are: II Peter 3:9, “Not wishing [or, KJV, not willing] that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”; I Tim. 2:4, [God our Saviour] “who would have all men to be saved, […]

Does God Hates Sinners or Love Them?

We hear this statement a lot, “God loves the sinner but hates the sin” Yet, this is nowhere to be found in the bible. Everywhere in the Bible, it talks about God loving us, it is referring to the redeemed, those who have come into the family of God, not a general statement towards the […]