LOVE THE WORLD OR NOT?
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John 3:16 or 1 John 2:15-17
John 3:16 or 1 John 2:15-17
There seems to be a contradiction or is there?
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
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Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
How can God so love the world that He gave the world His Son Jesus to not only save us from our destiny to spend eternity in Hell. But God’s Son Jesus, suffered on a Cross , by giving up His life on our behalf, so that if we believe in Him we can go to heaven.
Does that just about say it? Sure sounds like a contradiction or does it?
Too many non-christian Atheist will use these verse’s to say, “see another contradiction” like they do most of the Scriptures.
What is it saying?
First, John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
God so loved His creation, even though, in Gen 3 clearly shows His creatures disobeying their Creator and like any good parent, disciplines us for our sins, which may seem harsh to the disobedient. But the fact is, we His creatures do not have the right to disagree, disrespect or go against our Creator. We may fall, or flat out do wrong, but to say,”we have not sinned” 1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
God, in His loving Graciousness toward us provided a plan after the Fall of mankind Gen 3 God know the only way to undo the His curse He laid on His creatures for our disobedience was to sacrifice His only begotten Son Jesus to be the final sacrifice