If God is Love

God is Love (1 John 4:8)—How does eternal hell fit into God’s love?  It does not.  Eternal hell is nowhere in scripture.

Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8) and does not take account of evil (1 Corinthians 13: 5-6)—If people are in eternal hell for their unbelief or any other reason, that would be God failing and taking into account the evil of that person thus making these scriptures a lie.  

God wills all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4)—If God is love, then this desire to have all men saved would mean exactly that, that God wants all men to be saved.  If God is almighty He will accomplish His will.  This is not a weak wish that human free will can thwart.  God wills all men to be saved because He is love and all men will be saved because God is sovereign and all powerful.   

God works all in accord with the counsel of His will (Ephesians 1:11)—Man cannot act independently of God and each will be saved by the blood of Christ in his or her order.  All the days ordained for me were written in your book before even one of them came to be (Psalm 139:16)

Why would Jesus Christ teach us to love our enemies if he is going to torture His enemies for all eternity?  The answer is that God’s judgements are a part of His Love, they are corrective, they are not eternal.  Once God’s judgement runs its course, even those judged in the most severe way will be reconciled to God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.