God is Love

[civic]

Can God be love if He...
Creates people He never intends to save?
Predestine them to damnation?
Then holds them morally responsible for actions they were unable to avoid?
All to display His glory?

Ditto

 

[Jay]

One cant believe until they are saved by the power of regeneration and with a new heart. Prior to regeneration man is in the flesh and cannot please God Rom 8:8

You can't be saved till you believe. You have to hear and believe. In the Bible, regeneration refers to the spiritual rebirth or transformation of an individual, achieved through the work of the Holy Spirit, making them a new creation in Christ. This process is often described as being "born again" and is essential for salvation, as indicated in passages like John 3:3 and Titus 3:5.

John 5:24​

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Another word for regeneration is rebirth, related to the biblical phrase “born again.” Our rebirth is distinguished from our first birth, when we were conceived physically and inherited our sin nature. The new birth is a spiritual, holy, and heavenly birth that results in our being made alive spiritually. Man in his natural state is “dead in trespasses and sins” until he is “made alive” (regenerated) by Christ.

This happens when he places his faith in Christ not before. We were dead once we believe in Jesus Christ then we are regenerated.

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Ephesians 2:1

 

[brightfame52]

You can't be saved till you believe.

Thats backwards, one cant believe till they are saved.

 

[brightfame52]

You have to hear and believe.

You cant do that till you r saved. Jesus says here who hears and believes Jn 8:47

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.