Religion teaches us that we have to earn God's love through our performances. That, we have to get our lives together and live right before God can ever love us. We cannot earn God's love. No one can. He chose to love us even before the foundation of the earth in spite of us. God hates sin, but He loves the sinner and wants the best for us. He chose to love us before we ever heard or thought about Him. He chose to love us even when we were sinners,...