This is what Jeremiah says:
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3)
2007-11-15 04:32:22 · 19 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.....
He loves us unconditionally........
And He draws us unto Him by His Holy Spirit.
Grace truly is an amazing thing.......without it, we would still be dead in our sins.
Praise God!
2007-11-15 04:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are three parts to this. GOD loves everyone, not everyone loves GOD. In our own lives we have experienced what GOD does.
Have you ever loved someone who didn't love you? A family member, a love interest, etc. This is what GOD experiences with those who do not love him.
Obedience is fine, love is better. If your wife has dinner on the table every night at 5:00 like you asked, that's good, you have an obedient wife.
Love is the greatest. If you come home one night and your wife has made your favorite dinner, the kids are at her mother's and she isn't wearing anything but a smile, that's better, you have a wife who loves you.
GOD will not make us love him. He wants us to love him on our own. Not loving GOD is painful for him, Obedience is fine, but empty. Thoughtful, caring love is what everyone desires, why would GOD be any different? We are, after all, made in his image. We must return GOD's supreme love.
2007-11-15 12:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by kirk m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God's action towards us is loving. In a sense yes, God's love does depend on us. If we were not here, God would not have anyone to love, which is why we were created in the first place.
This verse states that because God loved us, He draws those who would listen to Him in love.
2007-11-15 12:37:41 · answer #3 · answered by tcjstn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see how. You can't force humans to love you, so probably you couldn't force a god to love you either. And if you've got an ex who still loves you and you wish they didn't, you can't force them to get over you.
If, as most religions claim, [G]od is in [hu]man's image, I would assume the same to be true of [G]od.
I think of the god as a scientist, and earth is the experiment. All he does is observe - if he interfered, it would ruin the experiment.
2007-11-15 12:49:43 · answer #4 · answered by catrionn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's love is unconditional and unmeasurable. But if one exnors it or even rejects it, it is not any fault of God's. He has given mankind His All by sending us His Son and allowing His death on the cross. It was the love of God that held Jesus to the cross and hell will be filled with those who may as well have spit in the face of God likened to saying no to His Salvation. Oh, They did spit in the face of God, right before they beat him and sent Him to die the death of sinners. But He did this for those who hated Him.
2007-11-15 16:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by *DestinyPrince* 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pro 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Misunderstanding passages sometimes has a lot to do with TIMING the statement means. Yahweh loved me before the world was, and the fact that I love Him has manifest in the way HE TAUGHT IT WOULD...
1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1Jo 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jo 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of Yahweh perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1Jo 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
But I was there BEFORE I was here.
2007-11-15 12:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Humans only appeared relatively recently in the scheme of things. God had billions of years to love other creatures (i.e. the Dinosaurs, the FSM and the Zillas).
2007-11-15 12:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, God's love is unconditional...it does not depend on anything.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-11-15 12:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NOT!
God's love is unconditional. In fact, out of this love - while we were still sinners - God the Father sent His only Sin to live a sinless life and die asin-bearing death for us all, so that all those who place their faith in Christ is saved.
2007-11-15 12:36:49 · answer #9 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The verse you gave is very beautiful. But it is not the whole truth.
Sometimes we lack of love in God, but God does not lack a love on us.
1John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
2007-11-15 12:49:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
LORD NO he loved me when i didnt love myself he was there when i was in my sins ignorant doing my own thing his love is uncondition dont just read part read all
2007-11-15 12:40:17 · answer #11 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋