At this point, I would ask the reader to do a little exercise. If you have one, take a complete concordance, such as Strong's or Young's, and look up all the occurances of the word "love" and it's derivities in the Bible. There aren't that many and it should only take you an hour or so to read all of the verses. You will notice some very startling things, which we shall observe here, also as we proceed.

We have rather badly misunderstood what the love of God is and to whom it is shown. We have told ourselves, our friends and, most particularly, our children that God wants us to be happy, to feel good, to have positive experiences. This borders upon blasphemy! We have believed and taught that God loves everybody and wants all to be saved. Some have taken this to the point where they deny that God could ever destroy anyone. They teach that God does not kill, nor hate. Some of them teach that eventually, all will be saved because God loves them too much to see any lost. Lord, forgive our insolence.