‘God loves a Sinner’… Is this true?

I saw a leaflet that claimed that ‘God loves a sinner’.

Is this true, or is it misconstrued from a longer suggestion that:

• ‘God loves a sinned who repents of his sins’

and:

• ‘God lives the sinner but not the sin the sinner commits’

Now while sine will say that they all say the same thing, coups one of them be misused, abused, misinterpreted, … to make it seem that no matter what we do as a sin, God will always love us… in fact, the fact that we sin is just a human trait that God will put up with!!?

I’ve heard the phrase: ‘To err is to be human!’ But is that also and indulgence upon the speaker to legitimise human behaviour?

Your thoughts, please.

Soapy said:

I saw a leaflet that claimed that ‘God loves a sinner’.

Is this true, or is it misconstrued from a longer suggestion that:

• ‘God loves a sinned who repents of his sins’

and:

• ‘God lives the sinner but not the sin the sinner commits’

Now while sine will say that they all say the same thing, coups one of them be misused, abused, misinterpreted, … to make it seem that no matter what we do as a sin, God will always love us… in fact, the fact that we sin is just a human trait that God will put up with!!?

I’ve heard the phrase: ‘To err is to be human!’ But is that also and indulgence upon the speaker to legitimise human behaviour?

Your thoughts, please.

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If the metaphor holds that God is our Father, then we have to ask ourselves how a good father would react to their child's misbehavior. On the one hand, such a father would not stop loving their child. But such a loving father would ALSO discipline the child, in order for the child to grow and become a better person. Indeed, it is precisely BECAUSE the father loves the child that he disciplines the child.

So there is no contradiction between a loving God and condemning sin.

IndigoChild5559 said:

If the metaphor holds that God is our Father, then we have to ask ourselves how a good father would react to their child's misbehavior. On the one hand, such a father would not stop loving their child. But such a loving father would ALSO discipline the child, in order for the child to grow and become a better person. Indeed, it is precisely BECAUSE the father loves the child that he disciplines the child.

So there is no contradiction between a loving God and condemning sin.

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Good post:

• ‘…the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.’ (Prov 3:12 / Hebrews 12:6)

But:

• “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23)

Your post didn’t quite for the mark for the response in relation to the question that was posed!

We know that, as image of God, it is obvious (should be) that God loves all his ‘children’. But the point of the question is concerned with those ‘children’ who are openly, objectively, purposely, or … innocently, SINFUL to an nth degree.

An answer is given in the question is that, though God hates the sin that is committed, hd yet yearns for the wayward ones to turn their mind and spirit towards righteousness / against sinfulness.

So, and hence, we must always profess the full term: ‘God loves a sinner WHO REPENTS of his sins’.

So, again… My point…. Can it just be said, simply, by itself:

• ‘God loves a sinner’?

IndigoChild5559 said:

If the metaphor holds that God is our Father, then we have to ask ourselves how a good father would react to their child's misbehavior. On the one hand, such a father would not stop loving their child. But such a loving father would ALSO discipline the child, in order for the child to grow and become a better person. Indeed, it is precisely BECAUSE the father loves the child that he disciplines the child.

So there is no contradiction between a loving God and condemning sin.

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A very important musician passed away recently at 75 in 2010.

It’s not a genre that I’m familiar with, but here’s a duet between her ghost and another musician, using the magic of modern technology.

She got the idea one day when her young child asked, “Mama, por que me pega?” (why do you hit me?), which inspired a tune exploring this topic.

¿Por qué me pega? Etelvina Maldonado ALE KUMA​