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NASB | 1 John 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 4:8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] |
Bible Question: Thinking about the fact that God is Love do you believe that God still loves satan after all he has done and tried to do? |
Bible Answer: 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 |