Question: Someone suggested God loves those who worship Him more. Is this really true? Aren't we all equal in God's eyes?
Answer: There are only two types of people with God. The saved and the unsaved. God loves us all the same, yes. When we were yet sinners, He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for us (Romans 5:8). That's how much He loves everyone in the world.
On the cross, Jesus took our sins--past, present and future. He paid for them. God judged Jesus for our sins. However His death overpaid our debt, so He also took our sicknesses, our pain and every evidence of the curse in our lives.
There are people who hear this and accept Jesus right away, and there are others who don't.
The ones who do are now in right-standing with God. They have become God's sons and daughters and are able to partake in the inheritance of God. They have everything in Christ.
The others are still trying to survive this life. Some are trying to earn their way to Heaven through their good works, which isn't possible (Isaiah 64:6). Only through Jesus are we saved (John 14:6). When God sees them, He sees their muck, their mire, their potential and, of course, their sin.
When He looks at Christians, though, He doesn't see their sin. No, He sees Jesus' shed blood that cleanses them of their sins. Not once but always because I John 1:7 in the original Greek tells us that the blood of Jesus continually cleanse us. Without stopping. Isn't that wonderful? His blood continually cleanses us even if we sin.
Does God love sinners more than us Believers? No, but He is something to us that He is not to them. Father. They can't come boldly to His throne and cry, "Abba Father." They can't stand on the promises of God and inherit them as we can. They can't spend time with Father Daddy, just feeling Him love on us for no good reason. They can't experience the fullness of His grace and mercy. They must receive Christ, the One and Only Way to the Father. No one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6).
Answer: There are only two types of people with God. The saved and the unsaved. God loves us all the same, yes. When we were yet sinners, He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for us (Romans 5:8). That's how much He loves everyone in the world.
On the cross, Jesus took our sins--past, present and future. He paid for them. God judged Jesus for our sins. However His death overpaid our debt, so He also took our sicknesses, our pain and every evidence of the curse in our lives.
There are people who hear this and accept Jesus right away, and there are others who don't.
The ones who do are now in right-standing with God. They have become God's sons and daughters and are able to partake in the inheritance of God. They have everything in Christ.
The others are still trying to survive this life. Some are trying to earn their way to Heaven through their good works, which isn't possible (Isaiah 64:6). Only through Jesus are we saved (John 14:6). When God sees them, He sees their muck, their mire, their potential and, of course, their sin.
When He looks at Christians, though, He doesn't see their sin. No, He sees Jesus' shed blood that cleanses them of their sins. Not once but always because I John 1:7 in the original Greek tells us that the blood of Jesus continually cleanse us. Without stopping. Isn't that wonderful? His blood continually cleanses us even if we sin.
Does God love sinners more than us Believers? No, but He is something to us that He is not to them. Father. They can't come boldly to His throne and cry, "Abba Father." They can't stand on the promises of God and inherit them as we can. They can't spend time with Father Daddy, just feeling Him love on us for no good reason. They can't experience the fullness of His grace and mercy. They must receive Christ, the One and Only Way to the Father. No one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6).
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Jason
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(Guest)
08/13/2008
So youre telling me that all the elderly who died natural deaths could have gotten healing and lived for eternity on earth (never dying) if only they would have "received" it from God? And what about all the disciples who were executed for what they believed in? Would they have experienced healing if they would have just imagined that they "received" it? Did they have a lack of faith because they couldnt "receive" healing? What about my mom's best friend, a devoted Christian, who died of cancer. Did she die only because she did not "receive" healing from God? Basically you are saying that God's will is for us to live forever on earth, never dying. Youre saying since we choose to not "receive" healing we are choosing death, not because it is God's will, but because we are not strong enough Christians. Maybe you should re-read the Bible.
This is garbage. Perhaps if you would explain to the thousands of children who will die worldwide just today that they just didn't open their hands and recieve.
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