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Does God love all of us or just a chosen few?
I have answered several questions and have been told by a certain user that God does not love everyone. I have been told God hates me. I believe God loves us all, regardless. What do you think?
12 Answers
- ?Lv 71 year agoFavourite answer
All of us. Not only that, He treats everyone the same, saint and sinner alike.
- Anonymous11 months ago
God always loves and Agape love is the highest form of love and it is based on principle but it does not always include like. This means God always loves you but maybe some of your behavior is not liked by God.
- ?Lv 71 year ago
God loves us all, but that doesn't mean he likes us all. God loves atheists, but he hates atheism and has sent many many atheists to hell. Because he loves them he tried to get them to repent and turn towards him, but because they would not heed his warning they are now tormented forever.
- ?Lv 51 year ago
God’s great expression of his love for us was demonstrated by giving his only begotten Son Jesus Christ as a
Sacrifice for us so that we can gain everlasting life.
John 3:16, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting.”
www.jw.org
- ?Lv 51 year ago
Jesus explained that "God so loved the world, he gave his only-begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 Jesus died for all, such is the love of God in Christ, but not all will respond to that gift. Many reject God's gift of his Son. They will remain outside the family of God's adopted children for that reason. It's not that God doesn't love them - it's because God will not force his love on to anyone. If they are determined that God doesn't exist, or that the Son did not die for there sins, or that God is not worthy of there love - he will leave them to the consequences of there decisions. It is OUR lack of love for God that is the problem; it's never the other way around!
- IOMLv 71 year ago
If, according to the Christian stories, "God is love", he would obviously love everyone.
- Anonymous1 year ago
When I was the worst kind of sinner - the kind that if you knew of my sins, crimes and evil, you would get a gang together with clubs and pitchforks and come beat down my door... then beat me to death.
You would have been doing me a favor.
I would have deserved every hit, every bone break, every bloody swing. Your gory revenge would have brought me peace as I paid the price I owed to God and to society for the terrible things I had done.
And yet, Jesus loved me. He loved me SO much He was willing to take my place - getting tortured to death so that I would never have to be. I did not get what I deserved. Instead I was rewarded with a shiny new life... a second chance with a clean slate.
Can you imagine sending your only son be tortured to death so some criminal could walk away scott free? What kind of love is this that God has for us? I am ruined by it.
If He could love me - I know for a FACT He loves every person - no matter how bad. It is not His will that any should perish. He hates the sin we do - actually it hurts His heart - it breaks His heart... our sin is a cancer to our souls. That's why He wants us to turn away from it, so that He can restore us and heal us.
God's desire to show us mercy cannot override the need for justice to be done.
If you show contempt for God's grace and scorn the gift of eternal life, there is no sacrifice left for you.
Please listen carefully (your life is at stake):
By law, if a guilty party who is sentenced to death, refuses a pardon by an authority willing to give it; the court has no power to force the pardon on the person.
That’s why people must LET God forgive them.
God provided an atoning sacrifice: and He suffered greatly to give it.
If they don’t take the offer, that means Jesus was tortured in their place for nothing, and the Lord has no recourse to help them.
If my Lord, whom I serve and adore, was brutally murdered in their place - and they CHOOSE to reject this gift - they will deserve what they get. No one will be complaining about how unfair it is.
Repent today. It is the best thing you will ever do for yourself.
PS. God chooses everyone who wants to be chosen.
- Anonymous1 year ago
If that is norine just ignore her she has an agenda and I am sure she wants to put off as many believers as she can. The jury is still out as to whom she follows. YHVH GOD loves his children in Yeshua the Messiah.
- StevenLv 41 year ago
I cannot find it where I read it and don't remember where it is in the bible but yes the LORD GOD only loves not those who are called but those who are chosen. Think about it. Source the bible. It also says He hated a certain person and it says that persons name. Its just I cant find it now through the search engine.
- ?Lv 51 year ago
There are no gods. Maybe today is a good day for you to
grow up and start acting like an adult. How does that sound?