God’s Love and Hatred Toward Men (2)

The Scriptures teach and we firmly believe that God's attitudes of love and hatred toward men are particular and unchanging. God always and only loves the elect. God always and only hates the reprobate. Some object to this. The main objection comes from those who hold to the theory of common grace. Various passages are immediately mentioned and appealed to by those who defend this theory, such as Psalm 145:9 and Matthew 5:45. The argument presented is that God shows favor to all men in this...