Recent content by Johan

It is neither "yes" nor "no" since your question is ill-posed. God does not "intend" to save. He saves. And no one given to Christ by His Father will be lost (John 6:39; 10:28). You do the math.

God does not "intend" to do things. He decrees what will take place according to His sovereign will, and that which He has decreed will inevitably happen. He shows mercy to those He wants to show mercy, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

What is childish about that? It is you who refuse to believe what the Scriptures are saying. You serve a figment of your own imagination. Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them...

Why is it that those who claim to have the righteousness of God infused into them and "strive" for perfection so quickly resort to childishness?

It also means "more than" in comparative constructs. Just stop this charade and find a new argument.

For your education, take a look at the following page, in particular the section "The Comparative Use of Min": https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_Seven/The_Preposition_Min/the_preposition_min.html

No it means that. The same preposition is used in the same construct in modern Arabic. Another example from the OT: So Jacob had relations with Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. (Gen. 29:30) The underlying construct is...

No, it is in the Hebrew text. Mikkol is a contraction of the preposition min ("from", "than") and the noun kol ("all") which means "more than all." The exact same construct is used in modern Arabic.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. (Gen. 3:1)

Yes, it does. Jesus states that all who believe in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

So instead of saying "You shall love God more than others," He said, If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26) Do you honestly believe that that was all He...

Unless you can demonstrate that "hate" means "love less than," your objections have no relevance. And yes, it is possible to care for someone while renouncing their spiritual influence. And that is not optional, according to Jesus.

No, it isn't. Your interpretation is not guided by exegesis or what the text actually says, but rather what you do not want it to say. As scholars will be happy to tell you, there is an element of hyperbole to Jesus' saying, but the story does not end there. It is not a particular emotion that...

We are clean in the sense that our sins are no longer held against us. They have been taken away once and for all by the blood of the Lamb of God. We are unclean in the sense that we are still sinners. Simul justus et peccator.

It is not a "diversion." It is the use of analogical reasoning. You have not offered any facts in this discussion, only speculation and appeal to emotion. Since you apparently think that the idea of God hating anyone is unpalatable, and base your interpretation on those emotions of yours, then...