Response: Does God Care About Us?

1. One person commented that a person should cherish what he has remaining and not leave to find what is lost because it would risk losing what is left.
"and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:20
As we discussed last week, God is Omnipresent, meaning He is everywhere. Unlike humans, God has the ability to stay with those who remain and look for the lost at the same time.

2. Does God care more for the lost one?
"God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. " John 3:16
"How did God show his love for us? He sent his one and only Son into the world. He sent him so we could receive life through him." 1 John 4:9
God's love for the lost is so big that He sent Jesus to die so that they (we) could have eternal life. God also loves believers so much that He promises life through Jesus. This life is "abundant," peace, joy, and hope. God cares for the lost and the believers with an infinite love.

3. Does God always care?
"I am absolutely sure that not even death or life can separate us from God's love. Not even angels or demons, the present or the future, or any powers can do that. Not even the highest places or the lowest, or anything else in all creation can do that. Nothing at all can ever separate us from God's love because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done." Romans 8:38-39
Nothing can separate us from His love.

"May you have power with all God's people to understand Christ's love. May you know how wide and long and high and deep it is. And may you know his love, even though it can't be known completely. Then you will be filled with everything God has for you." Ephesians 3:18-19
God is not bound by human limits that can only love in certain conditions. God is Love. I pray that you would know God's love and how He always cares for you.

4. The Lost Son: Shouldn't he get what he deserves for acting so foolishly?
"Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?" Romans 2:4 (NLT)
The Lost Son had natural consequences from his actions. But his heart began to change. The Bible calls this, "repentance." This means that he had made bad choices, but began to see that those decisions were wrong, and wanted to change; so he began a new direction for his life. The Bible says that God's kindness brings us to repentance. God's grace (favor beyond what we deserve) treats us much differently than what human reasoning would think should happen.