Originally posted by @rajk999
God loves the world & God HATES SIN.
That's right.
But He loved YOU and you are a BIG sinner.
And He loved me and I was an even bigger sinner.
He loved us while we were yet sinners - hating the sin and carrying up our sins in His body on to the tree.
Sin is what stops people from entering the Kingdom of God
That is right.
But the point here is that God loves the sinner to die for him.
And God loves His redeemed.
It is His good pleasure to give them the kingdom.
Its in your Bible -
" Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father has been well pleased to give you the kingdom." (Luke 12:32)
God sent Jesus to die for the sins of the world
Which consists of sinners.
So that people can STOP SINNING
Hardly not without His indwelling empowering through the Holy Spirit.
You can't stop without Jesus.
This is the victory that overcomes the world - our Faith.
Go locate it in
First John.
We overcome by putting our FAITH in the Overcomer Jesus to live in us.
Your gritting your teeth and trying to live righteous is more akin to Mohammed ism. You sound like a frustrated Moslem.
Therefore they might have a chance for eternal life.
I have eternal life. The New Testament tells me so.
I am also in the process of sanctification.
Sinners will be destroyed BECAUSE GODS HATES SINNERS
God so loved the world - which consists of sinners.
While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The Righteous will enter the Kingdom of God.
GOD LOVES THE RIGHTEOUS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
He hates the
SELF - righteous.
God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, (1 Pet. 5:5,6)