i would appreciate your thoughts on this concept....

(for lack of better phrasing, please don't take offense at these questions)

God loves us. Part of us is evil/sinful. Does that then mean that God loves evil? If not, then does that mean He only loves part of us? (the flaws inherent in everybody constitute a large part of who they are, if God only loves good, then God cannot fully love anyone in their entirety)

I'll start it off, we'll see where it goes from here ;-) In Gen 2 the Word of God says He breathed into man the breaths of (LIVES--plural) and man.....So when man died it was his spirit that died. John 20 we see Jesus breathing on the disciples... Now your question: For God so loved the world.... I'm a father of 4 children. I love each of them very much, even when they are unlovely, because I see them with all thier potential and possibility. I will never see them any differently. I believe in the same way God sees us. But unlike me , He knows the end from the begining. God is love---basically everything God does is conditioned by that Love and at all times He's working for our ultimate and highest good. He is holy---by holy I mean He is whole or complete with all the parts working as they were intended, in the same way we are to be Holy, that's what he wants for us. Well that's enough to get ALOT of discourse going around here :-D :-D :-D Blessing Bro. Daryl

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Good post! I needed thoughs scriptures for my own edification. Bro. Daryl

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