So many people live their lives not aware of the amazing love God has for everyone.
In my case I remember from early childhood being told that God loved me and everyone else. I have heard or seen the phrase "Jesus Loves You" millions of times, but it is patently obvious to me now that Satan works hard to blind people to the reality of God's love.
Someone might hear or see the phrase "Jesus Loves You", and think "So What?"
Well, I don't like to think God forces us to love Him against our will. That wouldn't be genuine love, but when we become aware of God's love for us, are shown His love by various means, and experience His love in a tangible, meaningful way, I believe this makes us willing to love Him with no coercion.
1Jn 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God. (8) He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. (9) In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (11) Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (12) No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. (13) Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (14) And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (15) Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. (16) And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. (17) Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. (18) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. (19) We love him, because he first loved us. (20) If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? (21) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.
In my case I remember from early childhood being told that God loved me and everyone else. I have heard or seen the phrase "Jesus Loves You" millions of times, but it is patently obvious to me now that Satan works hard to blind people to the reality of God's love.
Someone might hear or see the phrase "Jesus Loves You", and think "So What?"
Well, I don't like to think God forces us to love Him against our will. That wouldn't be genuine love, but when we become aware of God's love for us, are shown His love by various means, and experience His love in a tangible, meaningful way, I believe this makes us willing to love Him with no coercion.
1Jn 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God. (8) He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. (9) In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (11) Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (12) No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. (13) Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (14) And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (15) Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. (16) And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. (17) Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. (18) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. (19) We love him, because he first loved us. (20) If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? (21) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.
