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John 4:16 “And we have known
and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in
love abides in God, and God in him.”
A little devotional that I came across today explains how
it is absolutely clear that God is love. Therefore, many have suggested that
such a unilateral love as is cited in the above text would require that God
eliminate any judgment for disobedience to His commands, or that He create such
a condition that all humanity would naturally love God as part of their basic
personality.
Romans 5:5 “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
The apparent conflict is often repeated in the false
logic “If God loves the world and is all powerful, why would He allow evil?”
Simply put, the answer is this: God is love; God loves mankind; love requires
that a choice be made; choice allows for the possible rejection of God’s
unilateral love. God, therefore, created humanity with the ability to
positively respond to His love—or to consciously reject His offer of love.
The simple truth of the Scriptures is inescapable.
1 John 1:5-10 “This
is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship
with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But
if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If
we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”
God allows for the possibility of evil so that human love
may exist.
2 Corinthians 13:14 “The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the
Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”
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