04/11/13
Q1: Does God love everyone, even the ones that do not love him?
Yes! Indeed He does! Why? Because we are "made in His image." (like him) (Gen.1:26). Jesus' whole life was directed to us. He spoke of love 27 times in John's Gospel alone.
In John 3:16 Jesus said to a night visitor, Nicodemus: "For God loved the world so much that He gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." "The world" means everyone and "whoever" means anyone who believes in Him and follows His way.
This love is not the same as ours. It is bigger and more forgiving than we know how, because it does not depend on us being "good."
MORE INFO: God's love is a bit like a mother's love for a wayward son.
You have probably seen on TV a weeping mother outside a court, facing the TV men. Her son has been convicted of a serious crime and is off to jail. Everyone hates him for what he did. Not so his mum. She says with tears: "I still love him whatever he has done, he is my son and I love him."
God's love is much more than that. He helps us to make a new start if we want to.
Finally, perhaps this is helpful: When Jesus agreed to come to earth to die in our place what if he said to God (His Father) "Ok, I'll go, but I will only die for those who love me - the rest can 'go jump'."
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Additionally as a Christian tell everyone you know and help to get the word out, that Christianity is about what Jesus did for us and nothing to do with how holy we are or will ever be! Of course there will be Christians that do wrongs! Unfortunately, as humans it’s just our way.
As a Christian tell everyone you know and help to get the word out, that Christianity is about what Jesus did for us and nothing to do with how holy we are or will ever be! Of course there will be Christians that do wrongs! Unfortunately, as humans it’s just our way.
A relationship won’t last if people don’t spend time to know each other, education will be a waste of money if you don’t spend time studying, you’ll be homeless if you don’t spend time working for a paycheck, and we won’t go to heaven if we don’t spend time with God. Not just quantity time like going to church, you need quality time too. Spend time with the Lord because you want to grow in your faith not because your parents make you or because your friend dragged you to church.
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