Common Grace?
Rev. Angus Stewart presents a biblical argument against the doctrine of common grace, asserting that Scripture teaches God's hatred toward the reprobate rather than a dual love. Stewart contends that the prosperity of the wicked is not evidence of God's favor but rather part of His providential setting them in slippery places before judgment, and argues that common grace contradicts God's unity, immutability, and righteousness.
Rev. Angus Stewart We reject common grace on the basis of the Word of God. Common grace teaches that God loves the reprobate but the Scriptures proclaim that “the Lord abhorreth” “the covetous” (Ps. 10:3). The Psalmist declares of God: “thou hatest all workers of iniquity” (Ps. 5:5). God does not hate the sin but love the sinner! Moreover, “the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth” (Ps. 11:5). Here is the intensity of God’s aversion to the reprobate: his very soul—all that He...