Does God Loves Me?

The YP/College Class at Central has been looking at "Why" questions the last few weeks. One of the questions this past week was Why does God love me?

As we cry out from time to time: "does God love me," and suffer because we feel unable to know God's love, Jesus understands.

Jesus felt similar pain when He cried from the cross, "My God, my God why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46).

Jesus, who was sinless, went to the cross carrying the burden of our sins in obedience to the will of the Father. At that moment He felt the separation from His Father, God. As He cried out, "why have you forsaken me," maybe even Jesus felt as if God didn't love Him at that moment.

God longs for the relationship He created with us to have with Him (Genesis 2:7-8). He even provided the way, through the work of the cross, for us to be reconciled with Him and gave us the opportunity to make the choice.

Consider the following truths about God's love:

God is love and God loves you (2 Corinthians 13:11)
Nothing can separate you from the love of God (Romans 8:35, 38-39)
God loves you even while you are still a sinner (Ephesians 2:4-5)
God created you for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11)
God knew you before you were born, even as you were "knitted in your mother's womb" (Isaiah 43:7)
God gave His only Son so that you can live forever with Him (John 3:16)
God calls you His friend (John 15:15)
God disciplines those whom He loves (Hebrews 12:5-6)
God's sovereignty limits your crisis and gives meaning to your problems (Job 1:12; 2:6)
God comforts you in your troubles, not necessarily from your troubles (2 Corinthians 1:4)
God says in His word, "For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11) The Lord is your helper (Hebrews 13:6).