Does God Love Everyone?

Yes absolutely.

1 John 2: My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 2 He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

"The world" or Christians all over the world? Is God more poweful than Satan and more powerful than man?

Food for thought:

John 17 KJV
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 10 KJV
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.

Does a sinner make himself a sheep?

1 Corinthians 3 KJV
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Matthew 16
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

A sheep can't boast because He didn't (and couldn't) earn his salvation; it is a gift of God.

God does love everyone, as it says, "For He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."

But there is a special kind of love God has for those who are in Christ. As is implicit in the above verse, there is clearly a difference between the just and the unjust. Would it not then be logical for God to love the just more than the unjust? Because if God loves that which is right, those who do what is right God loves all the more. So then the question to ask is "who is considered right and just?" Well, it says that, "None is righteous. No, not one." So, how can God have a special love for the righteous if no one is righteous? The answer lies here: 2 Corinthians 5:21 "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." So it is those who are in Christ that are made righteous before God whom God has a special kind of love for.

I think you summed it up nicely in the video. I don't personally have anything to add that wouldn't sound banal or cliche.

True Counterphobia said:

God does love everyone, as it says, "For He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."

But there is a special kind of love God has for those who are in Christ. As is implicit in the above verse, there is clearly a difference between the just and the unjust. Would it not then be logical for God to love the just more than the unjust? Because if God loves that which is right, those who do what is right God loves all the more. So then the question to ask is "who is considered right and just?" Well, it says that, "None is righteous. No, not one." So, how can God have a special love for the righteous if no one is righteous? The answer lies here: 2 Corinthians 5:21 "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." So it is those who are in Christ that are made righteous before God whom God has a special kind of love for.

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That begs the question: What is the purpose of hell?

Old Lady said:

That begs the question: What is the purpose of hell?

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To satisfy God's judiciary system. Imperfection is abhorrent to God, who is a perfect being. Any imperfection is as far away from perfection as 0 is to infinity. God has a need to cast away everything that does not measure up to the standard of reality that He instantiated in the first place. Because man fell into sin, thereby creating an imperfect universe, he has to satisfy his need to correct what is broken. God doesn't do this right away because he let's us live out of his Goodness and mercy. God Wills that some who are imperfect will be made perfect out of his good pleasure of mercy. The rest are cast away from God, the perfect being, into hell, which God created to cast death itself (the result of imperfection) and Satan and his unholy angels into it to remove it/them from His presence. Humans go there at the judgement as a result of their fallen, imperfect nature as creatures who are incapable of pleasing God.

True Counterphobia said:

To satisfy God's judiciary system. Imperfection is abhorrent to God, who is a perfect being. Any imperfection is as far away from perfection as 0 is to infinity. God has a need to cast away everything that does not measure up to the standard of reality that He instantiated in the first place. Because man fell into sin, thereby creating an imperfect universe, he has to satisfy his need to correct what is broken. God doesn't do this right away because he let's us live out of his Goodness and mercy. God Wills that some who are imperfect will be made perfect out of his good pleasure of mercy. The rest are cast away from God, the perfect being, into hell, which God created to cast death itself (the result of imperfection) and Satan and his unholy angels into it to remove it/them from His presence. Humans go there at the judgement as a result of their fallen, imperfect nature as creatures who are incapable of pleasing God.

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Only God can give us faith and make us new creatures.

Sinners have no fear of God before their eyes. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. That is why we need the new birth.
God isn't inapable of making imperfect beings into ones who please Him. We don't make ourselves good!

There is none good --- all are incapable of pleasing God.

Agallagher said:

Some people would say no God doesn't love everyone. That is not the truth though. Thank you all for your comments, and have a blessed night!

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God bless you.