Jesus Does Not Love Everyone The Same

This may shock and surprise some of you. In fact, some of you may become so upset by this that you may “unfriend” me from Facebook!  LOL! The ultimate rejection! (smile).

But hey, just hear me out first before you go and write me off as someone who has spent too much time in the water paddling that he has taken in way too much water to his brain.

Jesus does not love everyone the same. Why do I say this?

In the most definitive prayer time recorded of Jesus in the Bible, this is what He prays to the Father:  John 17:9 – ^“I am praying for them (His disciples). I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.”  Then in verse 20:  “I do not ask for these only (His disciples), but also for those (believers only) who will believe in me through their word.”

Here Jesus plainly states that He does not pray for the world (those who are not His own). You can call this “intercessory love.”

Where is Jesus now? He is in heaven, right? What is He doing there? Romans 8:34 says, “who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” Who is Jesus praying for while at the right hand of God? Not for the world, but for “us.”  Jesus does not love everyone the same.

Here, how about this one. Jesus had twelve disciples who followed Him. Two of His disciples denied Him. Now in a sense, they all did, but the Bible emphasizes the two prominent ones – Peter and Judas.

What did Jesus say to Peter before his denial? Luke 22:31-32: “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,  that he might sift you like wheat, ³² but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when (not “if”) you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

Jesus did not pray this for Judas. In fact, concerning Judas, Jesus referred to him as “the son of destruction” (John 17:12 ESV).  Jesus didn’t love Judas the same as He loved Peter.

Finally, don’t forget this one:  As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (Romans 9:13; Mal. 1:2-3).

God does not love everyone the same. He loves His own in a more special way.