We Choose to Love Him.

Rom 1:28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient

God does NOT force us to love Him.  We must choose to love Him. God will allow people to go the way they choose. Salvation is offered, but not forced.

Rom 1:21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 

When a person doesn't choose to retain the knowledge of God, they still often recognize His reality yet choose not to glorify Him.  Knowing God yet willfully choosing to deny Him glory, is it any wonder that God allow their hearts to be darkened?  God isn't going to FORCE anyone to love Him! You say you need to be forced?! God says, no. God says, choose me.

Job 21:14  Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 

Job 21:15  What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 

Psa 10:4  The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 

Joh 3:19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 

Joh 3:20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 

We need to love the Light. We need to shun evil. If our deeds are evil then we won't want the Light. If we aren't willing to shun the evil as the light reveals it to us, then we are asking for our deeds not to be reproved.  We need any evil deeds in us to be reproved. Please, Lord, please reprove any evil in us!

We need to choose.  We don't have to choose the Light, we can remain in the dark without any reproof. If we choose the Light we are choosing to lay ourselves bare before our God so He can see any darkness that may lurk in us and chastise us as we need to be chastised.  Choosing the Light, choosing God isn't asking for our lives to be easy, it's asking for our lives to be loved all through the ups and the downs.  We need to retain God in our knowledge, daily.  We don't want God to give us over to reprobate minds! We need God to watch over us always, to be in our whole lives, every part of our lives. Please, Lord!

All through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior now and forever!!!!!!!