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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Sons to Glory has explained that God's motive for giving us life is love. Actions are more important than motives in this instance, because it is concerned with saving souls from eternal destruction. What's more important is the life, not the motive that God had in giving it. Well Jesus dying to give life (not love) makes life more important. This is also implicit in the gospel tracts where belief in Christ for eternal life is deemed more important than obedience to the 10 commandments (including the 2 love commandments). Every gospel tract starts with us being sinners and deserving death, and we need to believe and receive life.
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Probably you can quote even a lot more verses showing the importance of life. But equal amount of verses can be provided to show the importance of love. Where in the scripture compares their relative importance?