Is it possible for God, a being who cannot be in the presence of sin, to love someone who chooses to do wrong. A girl is out with her friends, she is trying on clothes, shoes and accessories. She later finds a pair of earrings in her purse he didn’t pay for. Is she no longer loved? The next time she goes out shopping her purposefully sneaks things into her purse. Now is she no longer loved? Some people would say that this girl is a sinner and now cannot be loved; others would say this is a mistake in her life, and her choice was wrong but this does not mean she is not loved. 1 John 4:16 says “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelled in love dwelled in God, and God in him.” But Psalm 5:5 says that “The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.” So which is it, are we all loved, and He is discouraged by our actions, or are we all hated.
So does God love everybody? According to Dr. Robert Morey God does not. He says that God hates certain people like Esau and he loved certain people like Jacob. Others would disagree, and say Esau was hated for his actions, not him personally. A wise person once said “God does not hate you, but he hates what you’re doing. This makes sense because we all sin, weather we are following God or not. If we are Christian and sin, we ask God for forgiveness; therefore He cannot hate us, can He? Maybe he is just angry with what we do until we ask for our sins to be pardoned. It is hard to say whether we are loved or hated. We need to establish is God an angry God or a loving one? The answer is both! He loves us when we are good, and is stern with us when we are bad. Now we can answer the main question.
2 comments:
Good Job. I agree with what you said. I also believe that God does enjoy when we do good and that when we do bad things, it's not that He hates us; it's just that He doesn't like what we are doing. However, many people still think that when they do something bad that then God hates them. I also thought that the little story you had at the beginning was a nice touch. One more thing: make sure that you check your spelling. You had a couple errors.
Really good introduction paragraphs! I liked the example you used. I also liked the two verses that you used. They seem to be contradictory, and that perks my intrest. You may want to state the main question at the end of your second paragraph for clarification. Other than that, I feel like your first two paragraphs do a good job of preparing the reader for the rest of the paper's content.
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