Theocast
God Really Does Love Us (with Dan Cruver)
April 23, 2025
Summary
As Christians, we often say we know God loves us and that Jesus died for our sins so we could be forgiven and accepted in Christ. But when asked how we think God really feels about us, we tend to get uncomfortable. If we're honest, many of us quietly wonder if God truly delights in us or if His grace was more of a reluctant necessity. Maybe He saved us, but does He actually enjoy us? Today, Jon and Justin are joined by Dan Cruver, author of Love Indeed, to talk about the deep, assuring love of God. Our hope is to encourage one another—and you—with the truth of how deeply God loves sinners like us.
Topics
- Knowing God loves us versus feeling He delights in us
- Reluctant-necessity views of grace that steal assurance
- Dan Cruver on Love Indeed and the deep love of God
Links
- Love Indeed — Dan Cruver
- More Than Forgiven — Justin Perdue
- Theocast Community
- Rest — free ebook on faith vs. faithfulness
- Partner with Theocast
Transcript
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As Christians, we happily say that we know that God loves us.
We know that Jesus died for our sins so that we might be forgiven, so that we might be with God forever and accepted by God in Christ.
But if we were to be asked, how do you think God really feels about you?
That's when we start to get uncomfortable.
Or, how do you feel about the way that you think God feels about you?
We get even more uncomfortable.
We all, if we're honest, deep down, we're suspicious.
Does God really love us?
Is he really happy and delighted about our salvation?
Or is it that his grace and mercies kind of bound him and painted him into a corner where he kind of had to save us and maybe he's a little reluctant.
Maybe he kind of regrets it.
We're going to have a conversation today about the love of God.
And to do that, we've got our friend Dan Kruver with us, who has written a book called Loved Indeed, and we're going to try to encourage each other and we hope you in talking about the depth and just
the wonder of the love of God for sinners like us.
Stay tuned.
Hey guys, this is Justin.
Maybe you know that you are forgiven because of Jesus Christ, but you're wondering what does Jesus have to do with my Christian life?
How is he involved in my sanctification, even?
Or is he concerned at all with the ways that I struggle and the way that my life goes up and down?
Is there any comfort for me in Jesus when it comes to all of that?
