Before God there was nothing, and as God continues, everything that exists is because of Him. To those of us who love Him, He is our benefactor,as we abide in the love He has for us.
Because He loves the world in which He created, and He saw that not everyone knew of Him, and therefore risked dying in the flesh, He sent his only son he directed to convey His Light to the world, that those who believe in Him will be saved. We are all sons and daughters of God,but it was to Jesus to enlighten the world.
In John 14:6, Jesus says “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He made that distinction because there were many who let their traditions cloudy their perception of God, and God's Message became clouded and distorted. Jesus came along to set the love of God as it should be.
All blessings come from God. DEUTERONOMY 28 lists the blessings if we faithfully obey His Voice. This is part of the divine Covenant with Him, but the Covenant must be upheld. Woe to those who purposefully go astray.
We see those in the world who have been tempted by the sins therein.There are those who attend a church service, yet miss the point of going to church. Some use their audience, brought together through their faith, to level earthly criticisms at others which has no place in such a gathering. What do ratings of TV personalities have to do with God's Love and our love for each other? Yet these same people,after they've leveled their spew, will leave the gathering and do things lie continue to ignore Leviticus 19:18 and 19:34. Where is their love? It is certainly not for us who love God and each other.
Nonetheless they try to impress us by their calling out “Lord, Lord,” making sure people see them and feeling hurt if they don't. Their faith in God ended with the first neighbor they shut out, and the first poor and needy person they ignored, focusing only on themselves.
UnderGod, such people don't last, and if they lead nations, God replaces them in favor of those who may lead under God's Authority.
God is the beginning and the end, and as long as He exists there is life for us.