How can we not love God?

"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:10 (NKJV)

I guess the only thing that approaches the love of God is the love of parents for a newborn or even unborn child. This type of love is not a response to another's love but given freely without condition. It's the kind of love depicted in John 3:16 and Luck 1:4a. This is real, pure, selfless and sacrificing love and though we are not worthy, it is ours because of who God is. How can we not love God?

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