2006-10-30 16:46:47 · 15 answers · asked by newyorktocountry 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some people say they love Him for personal gain, not for who He is. A Holy God.
2006-10-30 16:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by G3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To love God means to obey Him, to live according to His will (see John 15:9-17).
Sin has corrupted human nature including our feelings. Our love to God is hardly pure nor true. Most of the times we love Him because we want Him to do something for our interests. We love Him also because of fear getting punished. Those 2 wrong reasons most of us have or once have.
Is it possible to love Jesus for true reason? Sure is if you live in Spirit (Galatians 5:16)
2006-10-30 17:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Viz+ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might love Jesus because he was a christian and not a Jew. That is a wrong reason to love Jesus.
2006-10-30 16:53:06 · answer #3 · answered by shkabaj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. To know him is to love him.
People who don't know him can convince themselves that they love him, but they are loving their own construct, not Christ himself. Some of the reasons people do this is because they want to feel on a par with God; they fancy themselves to be above salvation or believe that they don't need to be saved; or they are courting the great deceiver through the dark arts, which has everything to do with increasing their own personal power and nothing to do with humility.
But it is impossible to truly know Christ and not to love him.
I would argue that Satan doesn't know him. Satan is acquainted with him, and believes he exists, but he utterly misunderstands who God is, which is why he hates him.
2006-10-30 16:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wealthy guy that died and became in hell, if he became contained in the grave no one speaks from the grave, yet, in Luke 16:24, the wealthy guy actual speaks from the fires of hell. All signals that he has all of his organic senses. this isn't so with someone contained in the grave. Sheol is the be conscious for hell, which some recommend must be translated as grave. yet there's no genuine caution in saying the wicked will be grew to change into into the grave (considering that all of us go there) subsequently hell in this verse implies something more effective than the grave, Hell isn’t the grave, in spite of the indisputable fact that it could be suitable to assert that hell is a grave for the soul, positioned deep contained in the earth. a million time for hell in Greek “Tartaroo” is used, which skill (the inner maximum abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment:--forged right down to hell”. it really is utilized in 2 Peter 2:4. The unrighteous useless proceed to be in Hades/shol till the time of the total White throne Judgment, at which period they are judged and forged into Gehenna hell. Mark 9:40 8 - Jesus asserts that in hell “the fireplace isn't quenched” even as a hearth consumes its gasoline, it is going out. the fireplace of hell not in any respect is going out because its artwork is not in any respect achieved.In 2 Thessalonians a million:9 it really is more effective defined as “punishment of eternal destruction in a flaming fireplace, faraway from the presence of the Lord “
2016-12-05 09:35:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a tricky one. You could definately use the gifts He may give you for the wrong reasons - that's why in the bible it talks about lawlessness and grieving the Holy Spirit. But, if you truly love Him, I'm not sure how you could "love Him for the wrong reasons".
2006-10-30 16:49:39 · answer #6 · answered by magen n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people love him because he can save them. There are many reasons to love him, but his focus was on His fathers kingdom and saving those who choose to do his Fathers will.
2006-10-30 16:50:57 · answer #7 · answered by staylor8270 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
everyone have their own reasons why they love Jesus. For me, I love him for who He is, full of mercy, love and grace. As simple as that.. and I know He loves me just the same.. no need to be better, no need to be whatever.. He loves me and accepted me as I am.
2006-10-30 16:56:51 · answer #8 · answered by The Punisher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to have homo sex with him because he's really hot and he did have lots of disciples. Or maybe a gang bang with he and Mary Magdalene and Paul. Yeah, definately Paul.
Peter might be good too. I bet he's real good. Or maybe you could just love Jesus because you pray that he will make you rich and powerful. That would be real good too.
Yeah, you could love Jesus and ask him to make you a rich, powerful, gay man.
cool.
2006-10-30 16:48:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Find out what he taught and live by it. One reason may be that you love Him for personal gain.
2006-10-30 16:52:35 · answer #10 · answered by Canuck Guy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋