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The cross proves that God loves humankind lavishly, in spite of our sin.
The question, though, isn’t does God love us. It’s is there anything about us that deserves His love.
 
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I’m not sure what that nonsense is all about, but okay.
Well the Jews say God did say EVERY:

Genesis 1
29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
 
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The question, though, isn’t does God love us. It’s is there anything about us that deserves His love.
Ok, and as I said earlier, no, there's nothing in us deserving of His love. Other than the worth that He finds in us anyway.

God did make man a noble and dignified being, worthy of respect. Even if fallen man often lives a life worthy of hell, or acts in a manner lower than beasts. But God, having made us in His own image, still knows our potential better than we do, and seeks to draw that out of our corrupted state and into the light of day. He, alone, knows and determines our worth.
 
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Is there anything in us or about us that make us deserving of the Father’s love?
Is love something that needs to be deserved?
 
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Well the Jews say God did say EVERY:

Genesis 1
29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
Mkay.
 
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Ok, and as I said earlier, no, there's nothing in us deserving of His love. Other than the worth that He finds in us anyway.

God did make man a noble and dignified being, worthy of respect. Even if fallen man often lives a life worthy of hell, or acts in a manner lower than beasts. But God, having made us in His own image, still knows our potential better than we do, and seeks to draw that out of our corrupted state and into the light of day. He, alone, knows and determines our worth.
So there’s nothing deserving except that which is deserving.

Okie dokie.
 
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Is love something that needs to be deserved?
Good point Michael. Did God come in the flesh as Jesus Christ of Nazareth seeking out only those who deserve His love? Or did He seek out everyone who will accept His love? I say He came to give all a deserving chance to be regenerated in Him through the Holy Spirit . To once again reconnect with our Creator which was once lost in the fall. We deserve that second chance and He has given that gift to those who are worthy.
 
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There is the promise of reward in heaven for sacrificial service while here on earth. That implies a method of God’s calculations for deservedness.
So our reward is us being deserving of His love? That’s what it sounds like you are saying.
 
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Good point Michael. Did God come in the flesh as Jesus Christ of Nazareth seeking out only those who deserve His love? Or did He seek out everyone who will accept His love? I say He came to give all a deserving chance to be regenerated in Him through the Holy Spirit . To once again reconnect with our Creator which was once lost in the fall. We deserve that second chance and He has given it to us.
Why do we deserve that chance? What is it about us that makes us deserving?
 
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So our reward is us being deserving of His love? That’s what it sounds like you are saying.
Somehow it must be a deserving of reward. That’s all I’m saying. I’m not saying it’s of our own doing, but that service to Him is somehow calculated as being worthwhile or not.
 
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Why do we deserve that chance? What is it about us that makes us deserving?
It is He who suffered for the undeserving, the worthless and the broken. It is He that will answer your question of why we deserve what He did for us not any of us.
 
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