I have heard, many times, that we as Christians are worthy of God's love. Now, hear me out before you judge. Yes, we are sinners; yes, we are people who were once rebels against God; yes, we are unfaithful to God. All of this is true, so how can I say that we are worthy of God's love? I cannot say that we deserve God's love. In fact, I cannot say that I am worthy of God's love and mean it. Nothing I have ever done has deserved anything but death when it comes to God. I am imperfect.
Romans 8:38-39 says, "For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." We have done nothing to deserve this type of love. It is like walking down the street and someone telling you that if you sign your name, they will give you a million dollars every year until you die. You did nothing worth to deserve it, you did not help the foundation. In fact, you are taking from the charity. It is the same type of concept with God. You did nothing to deserve the reward; but it is a gift that God gave just for you. You are not worthy in the sense of you working for it; but God's love is yours for the taking because He offered it to you.
So do not think that you did anything to deserve God's love. You never did. You only deserved God's wrath; but He loved you so much that He choose to let His love be a gift for you that He will never take away. He is faithful and we must accept that we have done nothing to deserve this love. We must also accept that questioning why God loves us will not make us understand it any sooner. He loves us unconditionally and He will never take this love away. We are not worthy of God's love, but God will love us anyways no matter what.
-D
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