Nevertheless, much talk about “unconditional love” is fuzzy and ill defined, and should be thought through carefully. ![]() All of this is to say it’s getting quite late and my mind is getting fuzzy. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. It does not mean that my (unconditional) love requires me to act in a way that she wants. But this does not mean that I will not discipline her when she is naughty. I guess I am willing to accept the concept of unconditional love if by it we mean that we persist in our love for another, regardless of anything they might do: Whether my granddaughter becomes a bank teller or a bank robber, I will still love her as my granddaughter. NAU Hosea 9:15 All their evil is at Gilgal Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more All their princes are rebels. ![]() Does God unconditionally love (or accept) sinners? Is God’s love for the Israelites unconditional? God loves the world (John 3:16, but He hates sin and sinners, and condemns them to hell). Love is patient, love is kind, it isnt jealous, it doesnt brag, it isnt arrogant, 5 it isnt rude, it doesnt seek its own advantage, it isnt irritable, it. If we are to imitate God, then I must ask whether it is true that God unconditionally loves. To love unconditionally, we obey Gods command to put on love or respect despite the circumstances (Romans 12:10 1 Peter 2:17). LOVE NEVER FAILS Text: First Corinthians 13:1-13 If there is any one. The doctrine of church discipline does not allow us to “unconditionally accept” a person in the church to profess to be a Christian, and yet to practice sin openly and defiantly (Matthew 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 5:1-5, etc.). The kind of love that God loves us with is what the Bible refers to as unconditional love. Still another problem is that it is sometimes used almost interchangeably with “unconditional acceptance.” I certainly cannot embrace this term. Many people use this term, and everyone seems to accept it, but I’ve never heard a careful definition of its meaning. My other problem is that it is a term that has become very popular in pop psychology, as well as in the pulpit, yet without any precise biblical definition. I looked at a number of translations and the only translation I found that used the word “unconditional” was the New Jerusalem Bible, and this was to describe an “unconditional vow.” It is found 4 times this way in Leviticus chapter 27 (verses 21, 28, 29). This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the. My problem with the term “unconditional love” is that it is found nowhere in the Bible. 1 John 4:8-10 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ![]() I must confess some personal bias about the question you have raised, and suggest that others on the BSF Staff might disagree with me.
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