Saw a Facebook post from a friend today - a snippet of an old R. C. Sproul video.
In it, Sproul says this of the common expression "God hates the sin but loves the sinner":
"That's nonsense!"
In fact, Sproul goes on to explain, far from loving sinners, God actually "abhors" every unrepentant sinner.
God abhors people!
Need proof? Sproul doesn't point to any particular Scripture verse, but he offers this logic: if God didn't abhor unrepentant sinners, why would he throw them into hell for eternity?
If you hold to hell as eternal conscious torment, God's hatred for His creatures - at least a significant portion of them - makes logical sense as a conclusion.
Sproul was a mega-Calvinist and his reputation continues to be high among the Reformed.
But it sure is hard to square God's hatred of so many of the souls He created with Scripture's contention that "God is love"!
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