And if we are by nature sin, how is it then that God loves the sinner, but hates the sin? Where does this notion come from?
2007-12-04 22:48:47 · 10 answers · asked by Wired 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some good answers so far.
2007-12-04 22:57:27 · update #1
I'm no religious fanatic, but look at it this way -- If one of your children misbehaves, do you stop loving him or do you try to teach him the right thing to do?
2007-12-04 22:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by Reverend Black Grape 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
On the Gate to Heaven - on the world's side are written the words "Whosoever Will Come" (illustration) from John 3:16-17
on the other side of the gate, once you are in, it says
"The Elect of God" - you did not choose ME, but I chose you God says
One of the mysteries of the faith - how could a loving God choose me - when it was my decision in the first place?
God created us, and that was so that we could fellowship with Him. But sin causes a barrier to come up between us and God. So He sent Jesus to bear the cost of paying for that sin, so that we might have fellowship again with a God who loves us. God loves us (sinners) but hates sin (what causes us separation).
Sound Theology
2007-12-04 22:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God loves each and everyone of his children but he is perfect without sin. That is why we needed a sacrifice for none of us are without sin. Even those of us that love the Lord fall short and are not without sin. You never saw a Christian that did not lose his temper or one that didn't judge another , have you. So even you can see that we all fall short of the glory of God. So we needed a sacrifice that would wash our sins away, and who would that be but Jesus the only one to walk the earth and not sin. So he sacrificed himself that we could be with the perfect Father of love. God bless you all.
2007-12-04 22:58:07 · answer #3 · answered by furgetabowdit 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you are a little confused, we are not sin, our nature is sinful. God loves his creation because he created them. He just hates the evil that we do.
Same as a parent will always love his child even when angry at the child for it's disobedience.
2007-12-04 22:58:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God will offer love to those that sin only if they truly repent and atone. Turning up at prayer doesn't make you any less likely to sin, nor does it mean you regret what you have done or allowed others to do.
2007-12-04 22:53:25 · answer #5 · answered by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Social uplift. True Christians have better economic life due to the Protestant work-and-save ethic.
God both loves and hates sinners.
2007-12-04 22:52:53 · answer #6 · answered by Averell A 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
We don't know for certain. But if you strive to live a Christian life and use the sacraments Jesus left us you can be pretty sure.
2007-12-04 22:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by helenoftroy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are right you NEED TO BE ELECTED for going to Heaven!
Almost everybody can be a Christian, but Jesus was telling everybody that only very, very few make it to Heaven...
Matthew 7:13-14 (Jesus said) "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
And of the only FEW WHO FIND the narrow gate not all of them will be able to get in...
Luke 13:23-24 (NIV) Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
On top of that you need to hate your own family to follow Jesus!
Matthew 10:34-37 niv
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn
" 'a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
your enemies will be the members of your own household.' "Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS…! HO…! HO…! HO…! Oops, sorry… that was not Jesus! If it weren’t for Santa the Christian Christmas is full of innocent Jewish Baby boys that had to be slaughtered when Jesus was born!
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Luke 14:26 (NIV) Jesus Christ said, "If anyone comes to me and does not HATE* (*Greek=miseo=to abhor!) his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple."
Luke 14:33 (NIV) In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
Mark 10:28-30 (NIV) Peter said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!" "I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age [RIGHT NOW!!!] homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--and with them, persecutions and in the age to come, eternal life.
Hey… how about giving Jesus a big hand for his good incentive payable in this lifetime to follow him? The acid test comes when Jesus finds out that you are neither hot nor cold and pukes you out of his Holy Belly... (Revelation 3:16) and on top of that the Bible tells you that only a dog goes back to eat his own vomit! But what the heck! Christians love Jesus, anyway!
2007-12-04 22:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am I think because I have this spike on top of my head.
2007-12-04 22:59:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
we all are elect....Jesus died for all......you can chose not to accept his gift
2007-12-04 22:53:21 · answer #10 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋