Chris and I talk about our (I hope very human need) to feel special and not just part of a group. She wants to be the only orientee to be a part of the SAFE program so that she stands out. I want to know that I am liked as well as loved.
Scripture is clear about God's love for his people. There are times when I think of God's salvation being like a "class-action" lawsuit. This is where members of a class receive a settlement from a lawsuit, not because of who they are individually, but merely for being part of the group. The lawsuit doesn't say anything really about each individual beyond what they share to be part of the group.
Is there scriptural evidence so that a child of God can also say that God likes him/her?
I think the limited atonement lends itself to being understood such that we can say that God, because he has specifically chosen individuals to be elect, that he has an affection for these same individuals (not that they have some quality that made God choose them). A "general" atonement seems more like that class-action suit. With this, any individual may plausibly think God may really not care for him or her, but that he or she has slipped into the kingdom as part of the class.
Gal. 2:20 supports God's selection of an individual to set his love upon each, rather than just as part of a group.
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