You hear it all the time, people saying “God Loves You” to sinners and the cliché “God loves the sinner and hates the sin” but is it supported by the Bible?
Yes, WE are commanded to “love our enemies” (Matt 5:44 & others), so WE should be loving towards sinners, but we read in Psalms 5:5 that God “hatest all workers of iniquity” (that’s the sinners, right?)
Romans 5:8 says that “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Which implies he loves sinners, but regardless of how you believe salvation works, God knows who’s going to be saved. Jesus himself said “I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me.” (John 17:9) so it appears he loves those to be saved but not the unrepentant sinners.
John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world” but the “so” in not like you might see in “so much” magnifying the degree, but rather if you said “hold the brush so”, showing the way indicated. It is best translated in the Christian Standard Bible “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life”.
Romans 9:13 God says he loved Jacob (Saved?) but hated Esau (unsaved?).
So getting back to Psalms 5:5 God “hatest all workers of iniquity” – Are we lying to sinners when we say “God loves you?”
Yes, WE are commanded to “love our enemies” (Matt 5:44 & others), so WE should be loving towards sinners, but we read in Psalms 5:5 that God “hatest all workers of iniquity” (that’s the sinners, right?)
Romans 5:8 says that “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Which implies he loves sinners, but regardless of how you believe salvation works, God knows who’s going to be saved. Jesus himself said “I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me.” (John 17:9) so it appears he loves those to be saved but not the unrepentant sinners.
John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world” but the “so” in not like you might see in “so much” magnifying the degree, but rather if you said “hold the brush so”, showing the way indicated. It is best translated in the Christian Standard Bible “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life”.
Romans 9:13 God says he loved Jacob (Saved?) but hated Esau (unsaved?).
So getting back to Psalms 5:5 God “hatest all workers of iniquity” – Are we lying to sinners when we say “God loves you?”