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This website is dedicated to exploring the idea that God loves His enemies. The next idea I will present here is that every creature in all of God’s Creation, which is everything that exists… every creature is valuable in some way. God created them[i]. God possesses all things that exist. They are His. The entire Kingdom of Heaven is His. In fact He gives the entire Kingdom of Heaven to every citizen of His Kingdom[ii]. The Kingdom of Heaven belongs to the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. The wicked (unrighteous) do not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven[iii], but they are invited to. They must repent from out of wickedness into righteous living in order to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
Every person is a good creation of God. God does good work. What they choose determines what their work is, but God’s work is good and He created them. Everything He makes is valuable. Everyone that exists is valuable. Everyone that exists is loved by God. In fact, God is Love[iv], and Love made everything that exists. God is kind toward every creature. He is patient towards everyone. He never gives up loving every creature. He never has, He never does, and He never will. God is good. He thinks it is worthwhile to treat every person in the Universe kindly and gently and intelligently. He is always in the mode of inviting people to know Him, whether they already do or not. He is always adequately commanding all of Creation to obey His good commands, and whoever obeys Him enjoys the benefits of that lifestyle. There are false interpretations of what it means to obey God. People are deceived if they believe lies about what it means to obey God. To obey God is the work of righteousness. Isaiah 32:17 says, “And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness [2] and confidence [3] forever.” The fruit of the Spirit, which those who actually obey God’s commands have, is, “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”[v] At any given time, every creature in all of God’s Creation, which is all things that exist,… every creature is commanded by God to do that which will result in the fruit of the Spirit. People’s value is such that God actually allows them to exist. He thinks it is a good investment to have them existing. He thinks it is a good investment to love them. The wicked may be worthless for good deeds at the time that they are wicked, but even while they are wicked they are valuable in many ways. They are people that are made by God. They could choose at any moment to repent and believe the truth and be loving according to God’s commands. They are commanded to. It is good to love people. Those who used to be your enemies yesterday may soon become your friends. People can change. There is plenty of opportunity for this. I challenge you to think, in what way is absolutely every person in the Universe valuable? The wisdom that is from above, where God is, is described in James 3:17. You can look this up to find out what the wisdom that is from above is. It is the way God communicates the answer to the question, “in what way is absolutely every person in the Universe valuable?” Thanks for reading. John [i] Revelation 4:11, Genesis 1:1, 1st Corinthians 8:6 [ii] Matthew 5:3 & 10 and 25:34, Luke 12:32 [iii] 1st Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:5, Matthew 25:31-46, [iv] 1st John 4:8 & 16 [v] Galatians 5:22-23
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