Can you help me process this quote by Thomas Forsyth Torrance from one of his books on the Trinity entitled “The Christian Doctrine of God; One Being, Three Persons”, published by T&T Clark (page 5):
This action of love (the Cross) is shocking! We could almost think that God loved us more than he loves his Son (since His Son was given for us). When I am faced with a certain choice and cannot have both options, I choose the option nearest to my heart. And yet God sacrifices his own Son to save sinful men. We would almost think that God loved us more than he loves his Son.
Romans 8:32: If he who did not spare his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? This is almost startling. Shocking. How can this be?! If God did not even spare His Son for us, this means that He will spare nothing else for our eternal happiness. He will not stop short in any way to bless us. He will deny us nothing that is for our spiritual good.
How can I explain why this is not so?
“It is in the Cross of Christ that the utterly astonishing nature of the Love that God is has been fully disclosed, for in refusing to spare his own Son whom he delivered up for us all, God has revealed that He loves us more than he loves himself.”
This action of love (the Cross) is shocking! We could almost think that God loved us more than he loves his Son (since His Son was given for us). When I am faced with a certain choice and cannot have both options, I choose the option nearest to my heart. And yet God sacrifices his own Son to save sinful men. We would almost think that God loved us more than he loves his Son.
Romans 8:32: If he who did not spare his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? This is almost startling. Shocking. How can this be?! If God did not even spare His Son for us, this means that He will spare nothing else for our eternal happiness. He will not stop short in any way to bless us. He will deny us nothing that is for our spiritual good.
How can I explain why this is not so?