The Father's Love For You
We have earthly parents who gave birth to us without the foreknowledge of us. If many of them had an opportunity to see into the future and see what they will be giving birth to, they would never have chosen us, if they had the power to choose the kind of child they will give birth to.
Likewise, we did not choose our parents. We just found ourselves born to them. If many of us had a choice to choose our parents, many of us would not have been born into the families we were born into.
One thing is common in the two scenarios above, both we and our parents are poised to make choices based on overall perceived goodness.
In contrast, our heavenly Father ("heavenly Father" does not mean that He only dwells in heaven and is confined to heaven, but that He is not like our earthly fathers) knew what He was getting before He predestinated us to the adoption of sons in Christ. Before we were predestinated, He foreknew us. Romans 8:29.
Just imagine the kind of love that God has for us to have made His sons and to have saved us in Christ Jesus. I John 3:1. He was well aware of every mistake we will make, every sin we will commit and every screw-up we will have even after we have become born again. Yet, He received us and made us new creations in Christ Jesus. A man turns to receive Christ and God receives that man instantly proclaiming Himself his Father. Mind you, He was well aware of the messy things the man will yet do after becoming born again, yet He still received Him.
Judas Iscariot never surprised Jesus Christ. Peter never surprised Him. He knew the mistake they would both make, yet He made them His disciples. Wait! What manner of man selects betrayers as part of His inner circle? Yet He went ahead loving them and not condemning them. That kind of love is not human, it is only divine. This is the kind of love that the Father has bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus.
Notice the Apostle John in that 1 John 3:1 used the phrase "bestowed upon" in reference to God loving us. That is to show that His love for us is not anything that we have earned or that we can earn. It is completely a gift and an honour that is bestowed upon us freely. Actually, the phrase "bestowed upon" in that verse is from a single Greek word "didomi" which means "give" or "grant". So, the Father's love is a gift given to us freely. It is not a reward for our good behaviour. Sonship in Christ Jesus is a gift, not a reward. Just as our parents did not give birth to us as a reward for our good behaviours. They could have aborted us while we were still in conception.
This brings us to the heretic and unscriptural position of some folks, that salvation is not eternal and that a believer (a man that has been born anew of God) can still go to hell because he/she does not have it all together after becoming born again. I should ask those people this: will they kill their own children after giving birth to them just because those children do not have perfect behaviours after growing up? Do earthly parents kill their children for their misbehaviours? How many earthly parents have ever assayed to even do so? Leave your kids to be crushed by an oncoming truck just because they failed to heed your warning not to play by the roadside? Only an insane parent will attempt to do any of the above. If humans are not like that and these people say God is willing to give up on us for our mistakes, does not that mean that human beings love far better than God? Does it not mean that our earthly parents are far better than this heavenly Father? Yet Jesus said
"if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good gifts to them that ask Him?" Matthew 7:11.
Just notice the sharp contrast. Is He the God who aborts His children? I believe not. He does not commit abortion. If He does not save to the end, then He must be a God who aborts. Who then can be saved? Who will make it to then? Is there any of us who has a pristine and perfect behaviour without any blemish? I think not.
Yet thanks be to God for nothing shall ever separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. If He loved us as a gift to begin with, He will love us to the very end.

What do you call someone who knows that God exists but has lost faith in him?
I have lost faith in God, does he even answer prayers anymore, or maybe its just mine that he's not answering.
I don't want to sound ungrateful oo but it was God who asked us to ask for anything and he will gives it to us, he even said that up till now we've not asked for anything, yet when I pray, he doesn't answer.
I think some people are born cursed, me for example, the bible said that God won't let any temptation bigger than is to come to us, but maybe I'm an exception, let me explain: in my family, we have certain illnesses like arthritis, toothache, stammering, and some I can't write, my siblings have one or two out of them bit I have all of them yet someone is here telling me that God loves me, which God exactly are you talking about. Also, I have 5 sisters, we all experience menstrual pains, but when theirs start, you hardly notice bit mine basically shuts down my life for almost a week, EVERY MONTH; yet someone is here telling me about the love of God. Also, there is a condition called High Sensitive Personality, pple with it tend to feel pains more than the average person, I have this condition, one would think that God would protect me from things that will cause me pains but no, I always have to be in pains, go thru painful procedures in the hospital, yet you tell me about the love of God. I don't want to sound ungrateful oo after all he gave me life but why give me life filled with pains, it won't take away God's power or any other thing to make me pain-free but no, I just have to go thru it. Whenever I'm in pains, my mom tells me to pray as God alone can save me, I pray oo but lie lie, that pain will never stop until it runs its total course, am heartbroken right now because I'll be going to hospital on Monday for another pain filled procedure yet someone said God loves me. He never answers prayers, he never helps me so how exactly does he show love to us.
I also have other medical issues that I can treat but (1) there's money (2) the hospital for treating them are in Lagos bit am far away from Lagos so even if I borrow money, I can't still get treatment, why give me a sickness I can't manage, why make me suffer, I think God likes it when I suffer.
Moral lesson of this rant, dont tell me about God's love, he doesn't love me, I think he loves only some people.

P.S.: Out of 7 children my parents have, am the darkest and ugliest of them all, help me ask God why, it wouldn't have removed anything from him to make me more pretty, but no, he just had to make me ugly.

Yadid:
The Father's Love For You
We have earthly parents who gave birth to us without the foreknowledge of us. If many of them had an opportunity to see into the future and see what they will be giving birth to, they would never have chosen us, if they had the power to choose the kind of child they will give birth to.
Likewise, we did not choose our parents. We just found ourselves born to them. If many of us had a choice to choose our parents, many of us would not have been born into the families we were born into.
One thing is common in the two scenarios above, both we and our parents are poised to make choices based on overall perceived goodness.
In contrast, our heavenly Father ("heavenly Father" does not mean that He only dwells in heaven and is confined to heaven, but that He is not like our earthly fathers) knew what He was getting before He predestinated us to the adoption of sons in Christ. Before we were predestinated, He foreknew us. Romans 8:29.
Just imagine the kind of love that God has for us to have made His sons and to have saved us in Christ Jesus. I John 3:1. ....

All this one na tales by moonlight because according to Jesus Christ, God's Love is stored up only for those who in fact obey His teachings and commandments.

9 “I have loved you as the Father has loved me. Now continue in my love.
10 I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and he continues to love me. In the same way, if you obey my commands, I will continue to love you.
11 I have told you these things so that you can have the true happiness that I have. I want you to be completely happy. - John 15 vs 9 - 11

So, any epistle informing people that God loves them when God in fact said He only loves those who obey His Law, is of nothing but deceit.

Kobojunkie:
All this one na tales by moonlight because according to Jesus Christ, God's Love is stored up only for those who in fact obey His teachings and commandments.
So, any epistle informing people that God loves them when God in fact said He only loves those who obey His Law, is of nothing but deceit.

Lots of laughter. You tried!