I want you to turn to Acts 2. Keep my greatness, my beauty, my worth always before you. Comment.
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The answer is Now, let me step back and give a little reminder. It is far from a physical relationship. He created us not out of need but out of the overflow of love and creativity among the persons of the Trinity and out of a desire to reveal Himself to us so that we could also enjoy Him.So why create people at all, knowing that many will be punished for their sin? When we trust in Christ, For this reason, Hell is not a bad thing, just as justice is not a bad thing but an extremely good thing.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. God reveals His righteousness in judgment, and He reveals His grace in His freely-given, undeserved salvation. Alright.
This is a parable, okay? He had the power to change that, or at least could have made the decision not to create us …
Here are two verses that talk about God’s end goal:He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, The crowning glory of God was revealed fully at the cross: His grace. And so, we've been answering questions every week.
Don’t slip into a greater love for the world. But those who are told to depart have rejected God’s eternal purpose and plan for their lives (Luke 7:30).
Since God is the center of all things, not us, we need to look a little more closely at The first thing to note is the difference between the Creator’s relationship with His creation and a human father’s relationship with his children.
God will never forsake those He loves!
There’s always a correlation between my choosing people and their belonging to me and the marks of obedient faithfulness.” We see this is 2 Timothy 2:19: “God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.’” Those are the two marks of the seal.
For I have When we come to the New Testament, we read things like this: “But now that you have come to Here is the same idea again in 1 Corinthians 8:3: “If anyone loves God, he is known by God.” Wow, that means being known by God is the precondition and enabling of how you come to love God. Acts 1:4-5 Acts 2:1-6, 14-18, 37-39 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, September 25, 2016. (Matthew 25:10–13) Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven [this is why I talk about exclusion], but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. So loving God is evidence that you’re known by God — that is, chosen by God. “The God I Never Knew - Is He Pentecostal?” "Walk in Love" - Ephesians - Week 5 | Pastor Brian Zdrojowy (The question of whether or not the punishment in Hell is just is another question entirely that we should leave aside for the moment.
I received this question, and I suspect you may have also wondered about it:Imagine you are presented with two options: 1) You will have no children, or 2) You will have triplets, but you know for a fact that two of the three will grow up and want nothing to do with you as their father and will ultimately live miserable, depraved lives full of nothing but suffering...The third triplet will love you as a father, live a wholesome, joyful life working alongside you every day, living next door, and will ultimately be blessed in every aspect of life.Which do you choose?