2007-12-30 16:08:32 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
TOB: God has me on a leash and tugs at it all the time.
2007-12-30 16:24:01 · update #1
EZEK: You have a good Scripture, but balance it against the command to love our enemies and pray for those who treat us abusively. There is also a Scripture (Luke 14:26) that says we must hate all our family to be a disciple, but the term hate is used figuratively or by comparison with the love we must have for God and Christ. It is not a literal hate, in that case.
2007-12-30 16:30:04 · update #2
Yes,
.."... for we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, hateful, and hating one another. But after the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us,..." (Titus 3:3)
2007-12-30 16:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
What a wonderful question. O.K. all you thumb downers get ready for this one. God loves you just the way you are. I persecuted Christians myself, I used to go around a bang people on their forehead talking about "you're healed" now look at me I believe in the power of laying hands, because I have experienced Gods healing in my life my sons life and a few cancer patients at church. Doctors cannot determine why we have been healed and no longer are sick. My sons allergist asked me what I did I told her I prayed with others and lay-ed hands on his back, she asked me what church I went to and got our address. So yes yes yes, God wants you to know him intimately. A great example is Paul, biblical person, he was Saul first then God called him Paul. He hated Christians, he was even at the first martyrs stoning (Stephen). god blinded him on the road to Damascus for 3 days he could not see. After that he served God the rest of his life preaching the Gospel. He endured alot of pain and ridicule from people that knew him as Saul, but he showed than that he changed and that was his testimony. God's will for us is that none should perish, but all come to repentance.
2007-12-30 16:30:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am in total agreement with tuberoot and will add this; Jesus Himself said something very startling in His high priestly prayer. John 17:9; I pray for them. I DO NOT PRAY FOR THE WORLD but for those whom you have given Me, for they are Yours.
John 17:15; I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. 16; They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:20; I do not pray for these alone, but also FOR THOSE WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME through their word;
Now everyone wants to quote John 3:16; but the whoever believes in that verse are those chosen by God to believe, whose names were written in the book of life before the foundation of the world. No one has been, is being or will be saved whose name is not already written in that book. All those chosen are loved by God. The sinners that are born again were chosen, are loved by God and Jesus bore their sins and died for them. The sacraficial death of Jesus was enough for everyone but only effective for those who are His.
The same thing applies to the belief that Jesus died for everyone but Jesus Himself said He laid His life down for His sheep and everyone is not His sheep. For those who believe that everyone is a child of God is rejecting the truth of scripture because Jesus calls people children of the devil and so does the apostle John.
The wrath of God, which is the fiery indignation of God and the curse of God is on the sinner whom God has not chosen for salvation. No one can say some one is not chosen until that person dies without the indwelling Christ.
When you read the epistles notice that when it speaks about Christ's love it always applies to the us and not to everyone. Please understand that I am not trying to be mean but I have a responsibility to God to tell the truth as best as I understand it even if it is difficult. This is hard even for me and I am a Christian.
2007-12-30 17:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, God love us all....we all know that all things that we are enjoying as of today emanates from God. The sun rises and sprung to both the wise and dumb, to the good and the bad and GOD chooses to love us in the first place. He give us a lot of examples to learn to and the consequences of all our actions. And when we obey all GOD'S command without hesitation, I myself experienced the abundance of a fruitful life not only in material and physical but also a happy and a peaceful mind knowing that I have a GOD who healeth thee. And when I sinned against thee I know the consequences of what I have done and I have to suffer from it. Like a father to a son, God wanted us always to be away from harm. Things happen as the result and consequences of our actions.
2007-12-30 16:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by Josh A 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. God hates the wicked!
Psa. 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psa. 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
What God did in love is send Jesus Christ His Son to save the sinners from the error of their ways:
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
Outside of the cross of Christ is God's wrath and anger at a sinful generation.
Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
And God has gone out of His way to make Himself known, so that even atheist are without excuse. They are just in denial.
Romans 1:19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
2007-12-30 16:22:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jn;3:16 let's look shall we? for God so "LOVED" not "Loves?" when is anybody going to get this right? He already demonstrated his "LOVE" and has given His promise not to be mad at anyone during the duration of the age of "Grace"...this does not mean that he condones anything!?! or, that He is in Love with any one...who does not have a "relationship with Him...His "Love" is extended to all "During the time of the Grace Period" but it will "End!" and Then he will be very upset, and will hold nothing back..."Peace!" so, get it right the first time... "Loved!"
2007-12-30 16:17:14 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. "Diamond" 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, God loves everyone- even those who choose to not love Him back- however that love is also just- God continues to draw people to Himself, until their dying day- there is nothing that can be too bad to escape the mercy at the cross- remember though love does not mean tolerating- one day his justice will win out.
Tuberoot- just a thought about your answer- if God did not want everyone- why does he say "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so WHOSOEVER believes on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. so that means whoever chooses to believe, IT is our choice.
2007-12-30 16:13:48 · answer #7 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are those who He loves, and those who He doesn't love. I have been around for quite a few years, and a tragic amount of Christians can't seem to get it right that God does not love everyone.
Those who God chooses He loves. Paul was a persecutor of Christians, and saw many to their deaths. But God wanted Paul.
You see, many like to say that they made the choice, because God gave freewill to people. Well, He did give freewill to people, and they did make the choice, but that is not the whole story. God makes it POSSIBLE for some to make the choice, and most people do not have the choice.
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Romans 9
22 What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— 24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
2007-12-30 16:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Yes. He loved Saul (paul) who was a persecuter of Christians.
2007-12-30 16:14:08 · answer #9 · answered by misjes2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your question is yes. Think about it this way, did not God send his Son to die for us, knowing that he would be persecuted and put to death. But through this we would be reconciled back to God.The scripture says For God So loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe on him shall be saved
2007-12-30 16:16:37 · answer #10 · answered by Morning Rain 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋