Question: Why does god love us?
Answer - Part 1: This short question is among the most profound questions ever asked. And no human would ever be able to answer it sufficiently. One thing is certain, however. God does not love us because we are lovable or because we deserve His love. If anything, the opposite is true. The state of mankind since the fall is one of rebellion and disobedience.
Jeremiah 17:9 describes man’s inner condition: “The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. Who can know it?” Our innermost beings are so corrupted by sin that even we don’t realize the extent to which sin has tainted us. In our natural state, we do not seek God; we do not love God; we do not desire God.
Romans 3:10-12 clearly presents the state of the natural, unregenerate person: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” How then is it possible for a holy, righteous, and perfect God to love such creatures? To understand this we must understand something of the nature and character of God.
Jeremiah 17:9 describes man’s inner condition: “The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. Who can know it?” Our innermost beings are so corrupted by sin that even we don’t realize the extent to which sin has tainted us. In our natural state, we do not seek God; we do not love God; we do not desire God.
Romans 3:10-12 clearly presents the state of the natural, unregenerate person: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” How then is it possible for a holy, righteous, and perfect God to love such creatures? To understand this we must understand something of the nature and character of God.
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Seek Salvation Through Repentance
Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.
I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.
You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.
This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.
With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.
Online Bible -> Verses by Topic -> Sin (Please read and be blessed - Thanks)
Every human whoever existed, except Jesus, has sinned. We were born with Original Sin... So what does the Bible say about sin and sinning? How do we repent? How do we stop? We live in such a sinful world that it almost seems impossible that we will avoid sin for the rest of our lives.
Fear not, praying to God and meditating on the Bible can help you with sin. If you ask for the Holy Spirit to be within you and help guide you, you can avoid sin. You will receive the wisdom and guidance you seek if you just ask for it. Remember, sin is WORDLY and temporary. In the end, greed, sex, money and the rest will mean nothing. What will be important is your love for God and what good things you did in your life.
To embrace our salvation, we must turn away from sin. Repentance is hard, but it is necessary. Don't be scared, because God is here for you. None of us are perfect, so we shoul always turn to God for help.
Helpful verses:
Psalms 69:5 O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Luke 13:3 I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:10 For in that he died, he died to sin once: but in that he lives, he lives to God.
Ephesians 4:22 That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Colossians 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience:
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 12:1 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Hebrews 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
Hebrews 12:4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Every human whoever existed, except Jesus, has sinned. We were born with Original Sin... So what does the Bible say about sin and sinning? How do we repent? How do we stop? We live in such a sinful world that it almost seems impossible that we will avoid sin for the rest of our lives.
Fear not, praying to God and meditating on the Bible can help you with sin. If you ask for the Holy Spirit to be within you and help guide you, you can avoid sin. You will receive the wisdom and guidance you seek if you just ask for it. Remember, sin is WORDLY and temporary. In the end, greed, sex, money and the rest will mean nothing. What will be important is your love for God and what good things you did in your life.
To embrace our salvation, we must turn away from sin. Repentance is hard, but it is necessary. Don't be scared, because God is here for you. None of us are perfect, so we shoul always turn to God for help.
Helpful verses:
Psalms 69:5 O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Luke 13:3 I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:10 For in that he died, he died to sin once: but in that he lives, he lives to God.
Ephesians 4:22 That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Colossians 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience:
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 12:1 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Hebrews 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
Hebrews 12:4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.