1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV)
9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what
no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has
prepared for those who love him—
God loves each and every one of us. Some know of God’s
love, some think of God as loving, while others may question His love for us.
The truth is NO ONE fully understands the greatness of God’s love.
Theologian Michael Reeves notes that many people in our
culture who have rejected God may be reacting against a certain sort of
God—what he calls "a loveless dictator in the sky." Reeves writes:
In my own experience, when I ask atheist or agnostic
students to describe the God they don't believe in, I am usually treated to
what sounds like a good description of Satan: a self-obsessed, merciless bully.
And if God is not an ever-loving Father, eternally pouring out his Spirit of
life and blessing on his Son, then their descriptions are probably pretty
accurate. If God is not Father, Son, and Spirit, then he must be an eternally
solitary being who has managed to get through eternity without love.
[Adapted from Michael Reeves, "Three Is the
Loveliest Number," Christianity Today (December 2012)]
However, Our God is not without love. 1 John 3:1 tells
us, “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and
that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize
that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.”
Do not be deceived by those who don’t know God; for God
loves all His children. We all should learn to know how wide, how long, how
high, and how deep is His love for us.
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