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Does God love some more than others? Simply put, no. Basically it can all be summed up in this passage from the Gospel of John. John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

Notice here that the scripture says, The world. That is the whole world and everyone in it. Not just Christians, or just Jews, or just Blacks or Whites or Asians. But the whole world.

Moreover, God expects us to love one another equally as well. Not just your family or your spouse, or because they have money or could sing well. But every one.

Matthew 22:37 And He replied to him, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect).

38This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment.

39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.

40These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets.

There was no stipulation as to who to love and who not to love, love all people as God loves all people. And if you still have an issue, Jesus also said to love your enemies as well.

Matthew 5: 43 You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy;

44But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

45 To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike].

God would not ask us to do this and then show partiality on His part.

Acts 10: 34 And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons,

Let us remember that God is love (1 John 4:16)

Just as we would love our children no matter what they did. God loves us as well (Luke 11:10-13) Not that we condone their actions, but that we are there for them.

Just as God is there for us and is willing to assist us in our endeavors.

Let us recall the abuse Jesus suffered prior to Calvary. Before He was nailed, I said nailed to the cross. We have heard this story so much; it has lost its sting.

We were reminded of this injustice with the movie The Passion of the Christ. The graphic depiction of Jesus being whipped, with chunks of flesh being ripped from His body. (And He didn't scream) In addition, the senseless beating He endured while He drug the cross through the streets. Then the driving of spikes through His hands and feet.

And while on the cross with a crown of thorns piercing His head, He was stabbed with a spear in His side. Imagine that pain. It was said that Jesus did not even look human, He was beaten so bad.

Not even one of us could have endured any part of this grotesque ordeal. Furthermore, Jesus could have stopped His pain at any time. Jesus was innocent of any wrong. Even Pilate knew that, washing his hands from any quilt.

Yet. Because of His love towards us, He suffered this humiliation given by those He created.

Now let us redefine Love.

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