We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

God requires faith for salvation, but faith is not a meritorious work. Salvation is by the power of God in response to faith, faith itself is God's work, divinely initiated and divinely accomplished.
John MacArthur

Love in Scripture is never defined as taking advantage of another’s care, abusing their trust, or imposing on their generosity. If we knowingly continue in flagrant wrong under the presumption that “It won’t matter, because God always forgives His children,” we must question our commitment to Him. There is no human assurance that His love covers us when there is no evidence of our love for Him.
Bryan Chapell