Its not a "belief". It is a Biblically supported doctrine. Beyond all refutation.
This doctrine in NO WAY diminishes the passages you quoted in the least. God IS love, LOVES the world, LOVES ungodly fallen men WHILE THEY WERE YET SINNERS. No doubt about it. God also calls men to repentance and has throughout the ages. Men respond to this calling and receive their salvation, which is the full, ultimate final expression of the love of God.
There is no conflict here as far as God is concerned. All of this is reconciled in the infinite mercy grace and mind of God.
This doctrine in NO WAY diminishes the passages you quoted in the least. God IS love, LOVES the world, LOVES ungodly fallen men WHILE THEY WERE YET SINNERS. No doubt about it. God also calls men to repentance and has throughout the ages. Men respond to this calling and receive their salvation, which is the full, ultimate final expression of the love of God.
There is no conflict here as far as God is concerned. All of this is reconciled in the infinite mercy grace and mind of God.