Does God love some people more than others?
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Short answer = No...
We are all ugly to God.. Fallen corrupt human beings are not really attractive to a perfect God.. Gods love for us is not based on our worthyness to be loved but on His perfection in all things including love..
The question we should ponder and dwell on is not " How much does God love us"
But rather "'How much to i love God"
On Gods side the door is always open for us to walk in and have a relatioship with Him..
The only question is will we walk in or will we walk away?
We are all ugly to God.. Fallen corrupt human beings are not really attractive to a perfect God.. Gods love for us is not based on our worthyness to be loved but on His perfection in all things including love..
The question we should ponder and dwell on is not " How much does God love us"
But rather "'How much to i love God"
On Gods side the door is always open for us to walk in and have a relatioship with Him..
The only question is will we walk in or will we walk away?
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God loves His people in a special kind of love, that is for sure.
God definately loved Israel more than the Amalakites or Edomites or the other nations.
It even says so right here:
Deu 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
God loves everyone in the sense that even the wicked get to enjoy blessings here on earth, like the sun-shine, abudance of food in the west. etc.
I think the question is assuming or demanding that God is obligated to love every single individual the same way and in the exact same measure, that is why I believe its hard to answer.
But I have seen this OP do many threads like this, kind of provocative, I dont know if you are seeking or not, but thats my honest attempt at answering.
God definately loved Israel more than the Amalakites or Edomites or the other nations.
It even says so right here:
Deu 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
God loves everyone in the sense that even the wicked get to enjoy blessings here on earth, like the sun-shine, abudance of food in the west. etc.
I think the question is assuming or demanding that God is obligated to love every single individual the same way and in the exact same measure, that is why I believe its hard to answer.
But I have seen this OP do many threads like this, kind of provocative, I dont know if you are seeking or not, but thats my honest attempt at answering.
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Not all people love the way that you described, myself included. Beauty is also in the eye of the beholder. A woman who has a beautiful heart will have that inner beauty transcend to the outside as well. A man whose heart is centered on the love of God and the willingness to humbly serve the Lord will appear masculine and attractive to a woman as well. It is my understanding that God probably perceives beauty and attractiveness in the same way.
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I hear some American preachers say all kinds of things are 'equal'. The political philosophy of the USA and certain other countries focuses on equality as a virtue. I think the idea bleeds into the interpretation of scripture.
I do not believe I should say God lives everyone equally. I do not see in the Bible where this is taught. The Lord Jesus said God will love the one who keeps Jesus' commandments, the one who loves Jesus. The Psalms say God hates all workets of iniquity.
As far as equality goes, there are those who say all sins are equal. Jesus told Pilate that He who delivered Him unto him had a greater sin.
Many complementarians insist that men and women are equal. Equal just spunds right to westerners but in what way are men and women equal? On what dimension and how is the concept of equality helpful to that discussion? Equal in authority in the home? Probably not. Not in complementarian beliefs. Of equal value before God? We might guess so but if we take sex (male or female desifnation) out if the equation, can we assert that all people are of equal value before God?
I do not believe I should say God lives everyone equally. I do not see in the Bible where this is taught. The Lord Jesus said God will love the one who keeps Jesus' commandments, the one who loves Jesus. The Psalms say God hates all workets of iniquity.
As far as equality goes, there are those who say all sins are equal. Jesus told Pilate that He who delivered Him unto him had a greater sin.
Many complementarians insist that men and women are equal. Equal just spunds right to westerners but in what way are men and women equal? On what dimension and how is the concept of equality helpful to that discussion? Equal in authority in the home? Probably not. Not in complementarian beliefs. Of equal value before God? We might guess so but if we take sex (male or female desifnation) out if the equation, can we assert that all people are of equal value before God?
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I do not love people more who are more good looking, but the world will favor them for whatever reason.
Act 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Act 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
1Co 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
1Co 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Gal 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
1Pe 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1Pe 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1Sa 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
God is no respecter of persons, and looks upon people as all being the same according to their outward appearance, and looks upon the condition of the heart, the inner man, and favors that if they are right with God, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Act 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Act 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
1Co 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
1Co 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Gal 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
1Pe 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1Pe 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1Sa 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
God is no respecter of persons, and looks upon people as all being the same according to their outward appearance, and looks upon the condition of the heart, the inner man, and favors that if they are right with God, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Well all I can say is if that if is true that God loves us less and less or more and more, dependent on if we looked worthy...well, we'd all be in a heap of trouble, especially as we age, lol. Lord, with each breath of You, may we draw nearer to Your heart that is endlessly and exponentially beautiful.
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No because God does not judge on outward appearances like men do...God looks upon the heart.
His son Jesus does the same...Jesus knew what was IN man. And the holy spirit judges the intents and purposes of the heart. Nothing is hidden in Gods sight we are all exposed before Him whom we must give account.
Funny people mentioning Nellie Oleson I have just been reading/watching Little House on the Prarire for the first time...she was a piece of work! Being a town girl and maybe more well off, she looked down on Laura and her family for being country girls and poorly dressed. But the tables soon turned. The actress who played her in the tv series wrote a memoir called 'confessions of a praririe Bitch' ...I suspect people are sometimes mean because they are actually insecure. And insecurity often stems from not knowing who they are in Christ...not knowing God who loves with an everlasting love.
GOd loves us even if we just skin and bone. Because He sees more than just the flesh, the outward appearance. He can see right into our soul and spirit.
His son Jesus does the same...Jesus knew what was IN man. And the holy spirit judges the intents and purposes of the heart. Nothing is hidden in Gods sight we are all exposed before Him whom we must give account.
Funny people mentioning Nellie Oleson I have just been reading/watching Little House on the Prarire for the first time...she was a piece of work! Being a town girl and maybe more well off, she looked down on Laura and her family for being country girls and poorly dressed. But the tables soon turned. The actress who played her in the tv series wrote a memoir called 'confessions of a praririe Bitch' ...I suspect people are sometimes mean because they are actually insecure. And insecurity often stems from not knowing who they are in Christ...not knowing God who loves with an everlasting love.
GOd loves us even if we just skin and bone. Because He sees more than just the flesh, the outward appearance. He can see right into our soul and spirit.
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Heb 12:6 - For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If we find in the scriptures where he says that he does not chasten some, then we conclude that he does not love them. Psalms 73:5 - They are not in trouble as other men (speaking of the wicked); neither are they PLAGUED (Greek = divinely punished) like other men. Rom 8:9 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
