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1 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | Hank | 97285 | ||
Terrifel - God does not love sin, and the common denominator of all sin is disobedience of God. It's trite but true: God loves the sinner but hates the sin. Fallen celestial beings, including Satan, are of God's creation and were not always fallen. Is it going too far afield to postulate that God loved His celestial beings at least up until the time they fell on account of disobedience, and very possibly afterward? Did God cease to love Adam and Eve in the wake of their disobedience? It's perhaps presumptuous and rather academic to speculate on whether God hates Satan now. The Bible is clear that Satan is at enmity with God and as a consequence of his blatant disobedience will be cast into eternal hell. ..... God loves all mankind (John 3:16) and it is not His will that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9), but that doesn't mean that unrepentent, unregenerate sinners will inherit eternal life. They too will spend eternity in hell. God in His grace has made the only provision there is for man's salvation. By faith in His Son, Christ Jesus, we may find redemption through the shed blood of Christ on the cross. This is the only life boat that man has that can rescue him from eternal damnation. Not good works. Not friends and family. Not the Red Cross or FEMA. Nothing can, nothing but the blood of Jesus. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | Morant61 | 97293 | ||
Greetings Hank! One illustrative example is that of a human father's love for a wayward child. I know that I HATE what my daughter has become and what she does, but I love her still. I can imagine how God must feel about His wayward children. I think that how we view God's love reveals much about ourselves. p.s. - Keep me in prayer. I believe that God has been leading me to do some evangelistic small groups in my daughter's neighborhood. This would be hard core evangelism among drug dealers, prostitutes, strippers, ect.... I really have been feeling what I believe to be God's leading about this. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | Makarios | 97294 | ||
Greetings Tim! Excellent "God/parent" illustration! :-) I will keep you also in my prayers, my friend. Your Brother in Christ, Makarios |
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4 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | Morant61 | 97297 | ||
Greetings Makarios! Thank you my friend! We are all truly 'blessed' to have you back on the forum! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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