Christ died for the sins of all because of love. We deserve death and yet because of His merciful love He came to defeat death for all of us sinners.
We do not earn God’s love. He created each and every one of us and keeps us in existence out of love because even though He has no need for us as the infinitely good and perfect Being itself, He created us anyway.
Thank you for sharing.
So what will be the outcome for those who profess God but refuse to keep his commands? On the day of judgment, Christ will tell them he never knew them and to depart from him, meaning they’re not getting the kingdom because they practiced sin and did not seek to repent.
Matthew 7:21 KJV
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
I cannot presume to know what will happen other than what He has shared in Scripture which you’ve quoted below.
It seems relevant to point out that justice can be seen as an act of love as it gives people their due. Mercy would be an even higher form of love which we see God demonstrate perfectly at the crucifixion. My understanding of Hell is, yes as a horrible place with wailing and gnashing of teeth for all eternity, but paradoxically as a place sinners choose to go to given a disordered ability to perceive “the good”. God is just and we will all have to answer for our sin, such as not keeping The Commandments, on our day of judgement. Yet God does not force us to love Him. If He did so, it wouldn’t be love. Love must be voluntary and He exemplifies this perfectly because He voluntarily loves us, all of us, even to the point of death saying “I thirst”.
