Riches of his kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God's Their hardened conscience-and thus lead to repentance-a change of Them from a deep slumber, so good works shown toward those undeserving of them may awaken Just as live embers on a person's physical head will likely awaken In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” The phrase “heap burning coals on his head” Neither Jesus or any Apostle held suchĪn understanding or interpretation regarding "love."įrom Proverbs saying, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him if he is thirsty, give Inexcusable, tolerate the intolerable, nor sweep things under the proverbialĬarpet to avoid conflict. Never should these admonishments be interpreted in such a way as to rationalize that we The Apostle Paul, in his same treatise on love, exhorts believers to Whether we wish to admit it or not, the same Set within the framework of moral integrity-there areĬonditions (e.g., 1 John 1:6,7). What mature Christians come to discover is that God's love is "unconditional" aspects of election and grace These divine realities are truly unconditional in Unconditional love have apprehended, to a degree, the biblical concept of God's favor Beware! Their pontification about "love" may be nothing short of a ruse toĭivert attention away from their lack of virtue and integrity. Relative or unimportant, have no conception, nor connection with real love. God's love, exists within a framework of moral good and evil. That which is evil cling to that which is good." NoteĬarefully the remainder of Apostle Paul's statement (Romans 12:9 b), "Abhor (i.e., intensely hate in the original Greek text) God’s love, evil is neither condoned, nor tolerated. Scripture, when it comes to the subject of God's love, there is the Presentation of God's love?" Or, has the subject been distorted? "unconditional love" heard and taught from modern church pulpits a clear and genuine So it's only fair to ask, "Is the oft repeated, Implicit in this statement is the converse reality.thatĪre genuine and transparent. FairĮxpositions on the subject of love (Romans 12), the Apostle Paul wrote, Passes in certain circles as "Christian love" with the actual teachings of Scripture. The goal of this article is to compare what typically To call it, "easy-believism," "cheap grace," it is not according to God. As recipients of a gift, we do not get to dictate,Ĭhange or omit the terms upon which it is offered or shared. The nature of the Good News (gospel) is according to God'sĪuthorship, not our own. Saying is the Gospel of grace comes on HIS TERMS,Īnd the continued enjoyment of that blessing comes with HisĬonditions. Love (favor), as expressed and explained in Scripture, can be earned or merited. Provocative title, let me say clearly, we are not suggesting that God's Is Today's "Unconditional Love" Biblical?
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