Father: Remember, sweetheart, Jesus loves you.
Daughter: I know, Daddy. He loves all children……..Daddy?
Father: Yes, daughter?
Daughter: Does Jesus love all people, no matter how old?
Father: Yes, daughter. For God so loved the world…….
Daughter: Does Jesus love all liars?
Father: Yes, daughter. Jesus is no respecter of persons. Why do you ask?
Daughter: My friend, Jimmy, calls you a liar and says the Bible teaches liars are not going to Heaven. Instead they will be cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, Revelation 21:8. Daddy, are you going to Hell?
Father: (Laughing) Of course not. Why does Jimmy call me a liar?
Daughter: Because your teachings contradict the teachings of the Bible.
Father: Such as……?
Daughter: For example, you teach God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.
Father: It’s true.
Daughter: Then why does he throw the sinner, body and soul, into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone? Should He not just throw the sin into that Lake?
Father: That’s a straw man argument.
Daughter: Daddy, are we supposed to love what Jesus loves?
Father: Yes, of course.
Daughter: Well, since Jesus loves all children and Jimmy is a child, do you love Jimmy as Jesus does?
Father: I HATE Jimmy and his teachings. I command you to stay away from that heretic!
THE NEXT NIGHT………
Father: Sleep tight, my precious child. And always remember, Jesus loves you.
Daughter: I know, daddy. Jesus loves all children.
Father: That’s right.
Daughter: Daddy?
Father: Yes, my child.
Daughter: Does Jesus love the Amalekite children?
Father: Of course, He does. He loves all children.
Daughter: Does Jesus love the Hittite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite, Hivite and Jebusite children as well?
Father: Yes, my dear. I said He loves all children. ‘All’ means exactly that….no one is excluded.
Daughter: Does Jesus love the children of Sodom and Gomorrah?
Father: Every last one. Why do you ask all these questions?
Daughter: My friend, Jimmy, showed me in the Bible where God commands the Israelites to kill every Amalekite, even children and infants (1 Samuel 15:3).
He then showed me where God commands the Israelites to kill every living, breathing Hittite, Amorite, Canaanite, etc. That would include children and infants (Deuteronomy 20:16).
He next showed me where God destroyed every living thing in Sodom and Gomorrah, sparing no child or infant (Genesis 19:24-25).
(Suddenly the little girl bursts into tears.)
Father: What’s wrong, child?
Daughter: Daddy, please pray for me.
Father: Of course! What would like me to pray?
Daughter: Please pray God not to love me as much as He loved those millions of children and infants!