A Sanctuary for Biblical Logic

John 3:16   "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 1. For God so loved the world : God loves all the elect from all nations, ethnicities and locations. If the world means every individual without exception head for head, then God’s love has failed because many are already in hell since the time of Adam. Revelation 5:9 defines the world of John 3:16 – “And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation (the world of John 3:16) ”. 2. that he gave his only begotten Son : John 17:24 says that the Father gave the elect to and for Christ, hence by logical implication Christ must be given only for the elect believers. What kind of logic that thinks to include the wicked reprobates in the world of John 3:16 as well? ...

Introduction The Arminians often reason from John 3:16 that if God loves the world (everyone without exception including the people who are already in hell), then the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination must be wrong. Many Calvinists today would agree with the Arminians that God indeed loves sinful humanity in general or everyone without exception including the people who are already in hell, however they also think eternal predestination is still true. Arminians often find that both statements contradict one another, and I agree with them. Not only it is an actual contradiction, but it is also an unbiblical view of God’s love. They would defend that it is a logical paradox i.e., “a situation where an assertion (or two or three assertions) is self-contradictory, or at least seems to be so; one way or the other the assertion cannot possibly be reconciled before the bar of human reason.” [1]   Many theologians have a habit of categorizing theological statements that are clearly c...