Are we assuming God has something to gain in making this universe, this earth and humans?
Does God gain something from his creation but would have done it anyway even if He had gotten nothing?
We talk about God wanting our Love and/or fellowship and He does get that but is that “gain” for God?
As parents with a wonderful child we still receive added Love from a second child that is even marginal, but would that be the same with God? In God’s situation He has the infinite Jesus for an infinite amount of time to Love Him infinitely, so adding my Love to infinite Love does not increase the Love, so what does God gain? In other words Christ’s Love far exceeds mine and can supply God with all He needs so why have me?
What about a “cost/benefit analysis”, what cost does God pay for one extra child He has to care for, this is like the value of one in a dozen prodigal sons returning needing help and the others remaining to starve to death in a pigsty. What about the price God paid with His one innocent son? I am just not seeing the value to God I provide compared to the huge price God is paying.
What is to be my motivation for Loving/serving others and do I have anything to gain from it?
If my Love is to be unconditional then it is to be unconditional so would that mean I do not need to gain anything from it?
Is everything positive I do as a Christian to be solely out of gratitude or am I also trying to gain something?
There are lots of verses about our reward (Matt. 6:4, Matt 10:42, Matt 16:27, I Cor. 3:8 & 14, Col. 3:24)
And you have Matt. 20 :1-16 “The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard”. Our heavenly Home is also talked about being a birthright as we live here on earth and you can’t increase or decrease your birth right by your own behavior, all you can do is sell it or give it away?
Even though the when scripture talks about a heavenly reward it would not have to be increasing with our effort, just be our future reward staying the same?
If God is doing all this for just our sake and ending up causing Him just increased pain in total, than our God is truly unselfish?
Does God gain something from his creation but would have done it anyway even if He had gotten nothing?
We talk about God wanting our Love and/or fellowship and He does get that but is that “gain” for God?
As parents with a wonderful child we still receive added Love from a second child that is even marginal, but would that be the same with God? In God’s situation He has the infinite Jesus for an infinite amount of time to Love Him infinitely, so adding my Love to infinite Love does not increase the Love, so what does God gain? In other words Christ’s Love far exceeds mine and can supply God with all He needs so why have me?
What about a “cost/benefit analysis”, what cost does God pay for one extra child He has to care for, this is like the value of one in a dozen prodigal sons returning needing help and the others remaining to starve to death in a pigsty. What about the price God paid with His one innocent son? I am just not seeing the value to God I provide compared to the huge price God is paying.
What is to be my motivation for Loving/serving others and do I have anything to gain from it?
If my Love is to be unconditional then it is to be unconditional so would that mean I do not need to gain anything from it?
Is everything positive I do as a Christian to be solely out of gratitude or am I also trying to gain something?
There are lots of verses about our reward (Matt. 6:4, Matt 10:42, Matt 16:27, I Cor. 3:8 & 14, Col. 3:24)
And you have Matt. 20 :1-16 “The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard”. Our heavenly Home is also talked about being a birthright as we live here on earth and you can’t increase or decrease your birth right by your own behavior, all you can do is sell it or give it away?
Even though the when scripture talks about a heavenly reward it would not have to be increasing with our effort, just be our future reward staying the same?
If God is doing all this for just our sake and ending up causing Him just increased pain in total, than our God is truly unselfish?