This is a very important question because many people think that God does not love them. Many people, even religious and Christian people, deep down sometimes feel that God does not love them. How can I get God to love me? Is there certainty in the Bible, or somewhere to know that God loves me? Let us find out.
How Can I Get God to Love Me? God Will Always Love You
The most powerful example of the love of God for you is the cross of Jesus. When you doubt, then you only need to look at the cross of Jesus. When asking the question, How can I get God to love me? In fact, many religions teach someone that they need to do something for God to love them. And it is a sad fact to see that many people around the world, billions of people, try to do things all their lives to have God love them.
This is the sad reality of the religious world, and this view of God is not of a loving God. How can I get God to love me? You do not have to do anything. God loves you the way you are. You do not have to do anything for God to love you. It is true that God wants us to be like His Son Jesus to go to heaven. We need to be like Jesus: humble, honest, kind, and merciful. As when Jesus returns, He will not transform our characters to enter heaven.
As much as God loves you, my friend, He wants us to be like Jesus to enter heaven. Nobody selfish, proud, arrogant, or unloving can enter heaven, as they would mar the peace of heaven. We choose by our actions where we will spend eternity. But nonetheless, God loves you as you are right now. We inherited a sinful nature from Adam, and we need to be cleansed from sin. You can never do anything that will make God not love you. God loves you however you behave before Him. God will always love you. Even those who choose not to be with God in heaven, God will always love them.
How Can I Get God to Love Me? The Cross of Jesus
Like we said above, the cross of Jesus is the greatest example of God’s love. Even if we cannot fully understand the sacrifice of Jesus for us on the cross, even throughout eternity we will not fully understand the cross. We know that Jesus chose rather to give up His life so that you could live in His place. Your life is more important to God than His own life. This is quite an incredible thought. How can I get God to love me? In a world where selfishness is abundant, God’s love is amazing, my friend. You can know that God truly, deeply loves you.
The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross is the most powerful example. God saw many ages ago that in the future men would fall. The question was how can we save men from being destroyed forever. The choice was: 1) we can destroy men and make a new civilization, or 2) we can save men from the consequence of their sin, which is eternal death. The Bible says that because of one sin we all deserve to die forever.
RO 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
We also all have sinned. There is not one person on earth that has not sinned.
RO 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
As we all deserve to die because of one sin, then what is the solution for God to save us from eternal destruction? The only solution is to have someone who lives a perfect life on earth without any sin and pays the ransom for all sin, which is death. How can I get God to love me? You cannot do anything for God to love you, as God has loved you even before you were born.
JE 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
God knows you. God knows what you are going through. God knows your circumstances. God knows your needs. You can ask God, and He will answer the prayer of faith. Nothing is impossible for God. Nothing is too hard for God. If you really believe and ask according to God’s will, God will answer. God can even answer and give you your heart’s desires.
PS 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
How Can I Get God to Love Me? Salvation Is Not by Works
One very important point we need to explain is that you have not loved or saved yourself by doing things. This is also a very prominent belief in many religions and churches. This is why many people believe that they need to do something to please God. This makes man’s pride in the forefront. As if man could save himself, then there would be no need for Jesus. In this teaching, man becomes god, and this is not pleasing to the Creator. How can I get God to love me? Your works are valueless to gain heaven. Then why would you need to work for?
The service you give to God and others is not to save yourself. The intention is everything. Instead of working to gain something, which is selfish, we work because we love God. The only reason why we do works is because we are grateful that God loves us so much, and we love God back with our works of love to Him and love for others. How can I get God to love me? You cannot get God to love you. God already loves you.
Salvation is not by works. Then the first thing we need to realize, and it is hard for humans, is to see that no human is good. You and I, we are evil. There is nothing good in us. I realize that many Christians can speak this yet continue to believe that there is something good in them. There is nothing good in us. Our best works are dirty rags. We have seen above that many of our works are done to get something in return. Our hearts are deceitful above all things. Only when we realize this then we have hope. How then can we get help? Who can give us goodness and righteousness?
Only God is good. Only God has righteousness. Unless you and I believe this, then there is no way we can be saved in our own works and our own righteousness. The result also will be to seek God’s approval and seek to know if God loves us depending on our behaviour. How can I get God to love me? Ask for God’s righteousness by faith. God does the works through you.
EPH 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
GA 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
This is very important. Here it says that those who believe they are saved by works are debtors to do and keep all the law perfectly. God requires a lot more from those who believe they are saved by the law. Even if this is just a saying, as we know God knows we are not saved by works, it proves that we cannot be saved by works, and it would be impossible for someone to keep the whole law by themselves.
GA 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
No man is saved by works. We are saved by faith without the works of the law, because our works cannot add to Jesus’ death on the cross. Jesus died on the cross, and His sacrifice is sufficient for us. Our works are not to add to Jesus’ sacrifice. Our works are because we love Jesus.
How Can I Get God to Love Me? Righteousness by Faith
Here are a few more verses about this very fascinating topic, which is what the world needs the most.
RO 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
We have to choose, as we cannot be saved by Jesus’ death on the cross for us and believe our works will gain us an entrance into heaven. How can I get God to love me? God does the works through you by faith. Jesus loves you as you are.
The purpose for you on earth is to get a fitness for heaven. God does the cleansing works. God needs to remove selfishness, pride, an unloving, unkind spirit, and dishonesty. The deception is that man thinks he needs to do something to please God. But if our works are valueless and tainted with sin, how can your works be of any value for God? They do not account for anything. This gives great peace, to know that we are saved by faith. As if God does the works and God gives us righteousness, then our only work is to believe.
How Can I Get God to Love Me? God Truly Loves You
God really loves you. When Jesus died on the cross, it was an extremely difficult struggle. But Jesus preferred to have Him die on the cross than to have you die. Jesus took your place. Jesus could have failed the test and been destroyed because of sin. Jesus never sinned. Jesus gained the victory against sin for you. Now His life and sacrifice is enough for you so that only believing you can make it to heaven. What amazing love! What would keep you from accepting Jesus in your heart now? Repeat after me: Father God, forgive my sins, give me Your righteousness, heal and bless me, in the name of Jesus, amen.