Now: unlike ourselves, the Father of Jesus loves men and women, not for what He finds in them, but for what lies within Himself. It is not because men and women are good that He loves them, nor only good men and women that He loves. It is because He is so unutterably good that He loves all persons, good and evil.. He loves the loveless, the unloving, the unlovable. He does not detect what is congenial, appealing, attractive, and respond to it with His favor. In fact, He does not respond at all. The Father of Jesus is a source. He acts; He does not react. He initiates love. He is love without motive. .James Burtschaell
About This Quote
The Bible says in 1 John 4:16, "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him." If we live in love, we live with God. It is because of this that God loves us. The Bible says that He doesn't "detect what is congenial, appealing, attractive and respond to it with His favor" with the assumption that you are not good enough for Him.
This is because He wants to save everyone even if they are bad or evil. That is what love means to Him. Only He can do this because He is so good.
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