tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post8681137891922742677..comments2024-03-23T23:55:50.572-04:00Comments on Bible Love Notes: Q & A about Unconditional LoveGail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-73442200748059679752018-12-30T23:12:17.340-05:002018-12-30T23:12:17.340-05:00It is based on What God Says ,As He gives us the o...It is based on What God Says ,As He gives us the option to be His. Its Clear that We Can say No to What He Offers us. That a Condition, We choose our response to His Offer of Grace & Redemption. I didn't use to understand that either. It was hard & kind of shattering. But its Truth & Scripture based. We can choose To tell Him No<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350492090488327931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-49134716428763925732017-12-08T13:29:27.532-05:002017-12-08T13:29:27.532-05:00Hi Glen,
I hope you will re-read the questions abo...Hi Glen,<br />I hope you will re-read the questions above, especially #10 because most of what you are saying is arguing against something I never wrote in this devotion.<br /><br />However, I disagree with what you've said about Scripture teaching that God's love is unconditional. The word isn't found in Scripture and does not reflect the meaning any word used for God's Love in Scripture. We must get our definitions from Scripture, and I am not challenging God's love. I am challenging a man-made definition of God's love that disagrees with God's Word. <br /><br />If God's love was truly without conditions, then universal salvation would be true. We can't have it both ways. If God is holy and punishes sin and looks on unrepentant sinners differently than those who love Him (all of which is clearly taught in Scripture), then His love is conditional. <br /><br />And that means calling God's love unconditional is calling it something less than it is, something that doesn't fit the nature and character of a holy, righteous God who offers His love to all men, but with conditions. <br /><br />It sounds like you know and love God. I encourage you to defend the Biblical descriptions for God's love - and there are many - instead of a description that contradicts Scripture.Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-24415774293341709722017-12-08T10:03:47.989-05:002017-12-08T10:03:47.989-05:00I understand that God doesn't love sin but whe...I understand that God doesn't love sin but when you take the bible as a whole you have to come to the conclusion that God loves everyone. John 3:16 (for God so loved the world) 2 Peter 3:9 (not willing that any should perish) and many other verses in the bible say similar things. NO NOT UNIVERSAL SALVATION but universal love for His creation. Yes in Noah he said He said He was sorry He ever created man because man is evil, freewill made us (chose) evil. Romans 5:8 God loved us while we were sinners, I don't think that we should challenge God's love. Where does love come from? GOD. In God loving us it doesn't mean salvation is sure. God has given us the choice, just because we chose not to accept doesn't mean God loves us any less. It must break His heart when we don't believe. But by God's very nature, God's love is unconditional. He can't love us anymore than He already does it's what we chose to do with His love that is conditional. We chose our destiny God gives us every opportunity up to our final breath to chose His love. Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899108798664802215noreply@blogger.com