I love a good George Straight song and one of his many hits begins like this:
"Our love is unconditional
we knew it from the start
I see it in your eyes
you can feel it from my heart
from here on after
we'll stay the way we are right now
and share all the love and laughter
that a lifetime will allow"
we knew it from the start
I see it in your eyes
you can feel it from my heart
from here on after
we'll stay the way we are right now
and share all the love and laughter
that a lifetime will allow"
Doesn't that sound so good? So romantic, I can see the women swooning now. Ahhhh! Unconditional Love!!
Well, George Straight may have unconditional love but when you try to pin that title on God you better be careful. If you believe that you can follow God and then do anything you please and expect Him to sing you a verse from this song you've got another thing coming.
I saw this very suggestion on a church sign just down the road from my house. It said that "God's love is unconditional". What a bunch of baloney. How can Christians be so stupid?
Well, its because the have never read or studied the Bible for themselves. They just trust some dunderhead that believes God's love is "unconditional" to read it for them. In other words, they really don't care, do they?
Just think about what unconditional love means anyway. It doesn't just mean He will never leave you or forsake you. It means that you can do anything you darn well please, at any time and there God will be just sitting there waiting to accept you back. You don't even have to repent, just come back to God with your "get out of jail free" card and everything will be ok.
In fact, even if you die you have nothing to worry about. You got to enjoy your life, have fun, party and do what ever you wanted and then God just says come on in to glory. Sorry, folks its not going to happen that way.
I'll quote just a few references to prove my point. This really isn't difficult because all I have to do is show one instance where God places conditions on a relationship and that proves that He DOES have conditions for those who would desire His love.
Here we go:
Deuteronomy 8:20 "As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God."
Well this looks like a condition to me folks. Let's see here, these people (Israel) are going to perish because they wouldn't do what God said to do. Yep, that's a condition! Do what God says or perish. Yikes!
Now, just because you don't like what it says doesn't negate the fact that God does install conditions on His love. He doesn't just dole it out to anyone. Let's do one more.
2nd Chronicles 24:20 "And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you."
This easier than shooting fish in a barrel. It says plainly that if you forsake the LORD, He will forsake you. NEXT!!
Isn't it hard to believe how many people are fooled today into thinking that God's love is unconditional. All those idiots out there believe that they can do no wrong. They never feel the need to repent because they believe "God's love is unconditional". Unbelievable.
Oh, but you are only reading from the old testament, you may say... (I may say you are a dunderhead for mentioning that but ok...) Let's do a new testament verse and then I'm done...
Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
Yawn... Do you need it any more plain than that? Here the Bible tells us if we believe not, then we are damned. It is as simple as that!
I suggest you start reading God's word for yourself. If you fell for this clap trap of false doctrine its no telling what other nonsense you are believing.
Something this simple should never have grown in popularity to the point that an ignorant church would place it on their outside sign but that is what we see in our world today.
Man o man are we in trouble...
Well, George Straight may have unconditional love but when you try to pin that title on God you better be careful. If you believe that you can follow God and then do anything you please and expect Him to sing you a verse from this song you've got another thing coming.
I saw this very suggestion on a church sign just down the road from my house. It said that "God's love is unconditional". What a bunch of baloney. How can Christians be so stupid?
Well, its because the have never read or studied the Bible for themselves. They just trust some dunderhead that believes God's love is "unconditional" to read it for them. In other words, they really don't care, do they?
Just think about what unconditional love means anyway. It doesn't just mean He will never leave you or forsake you. It means that you can do anything you darn well please, at any time and there God will be just sitting there waiting to accept you back. You don't even have to repent, just come back to God with your "get out of jail free" card and everything will be ok.
In fact, even if you die you have nothing to worry about. You got to enjoy your life, have fun, party and do what ever you wanted and then God just says come on in to glory. Sorry, folks its not going to happen that way.
I'll quote just a few references to prove my point. This really isn't difficult because all I have to do is show one instance where God places conditions on a relationship and that proves that He DOES have conditions for those who would desire His love.
Here we go:
Deuteronomy 8:20 "As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God."
Well this looks like a condition to me folks. Let's see here, these people (Israel) are going to perish because they wouldn't do what God said to do. Yep, that's a condition! Do what God says or perish. Yikes!
Now, just because you don't like what it says doesn't negate the fact that God does install conditions on His love. He doesn't just dole it out to anyone. Let's do one more.
2nd Chronicles 24:20 "And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you."
This easier than shooting fish in a barrel. It says plainly that if you forsake the LORD, He will forsake you. NEXT!!
Isn't it hard to believe how many people are fooled today into thinking that God's love is unconditional. All those idiots out there believe that they can do no wrong. They never feel the need to repent because they believe "God's love is unconditional". Unbelievable.
Oh, but you are only reading from the old testament, you may say... (I may say you are a dunderhead for mentioning that but ok...) Let's do a new testament verse and then I'm done...
Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
Yawn... Do you need it any more plain than that? Here the Bible tells us if we believe not, then we are damned. It is as simple as that!
I suggest you start reading God's word for yourself. If you fell for this clap trap of false doctrine its no telling what other nonsense you are believing.
Something this simple should never have grown in popularity to the point that an ignorant church would place it on their outside sign but that is what we see in our world today.
Man o man are we in trouble...
1 comment:
Unconditional love is a term that means to love someone regardless of the loved one's qualities or actions.
Jonn... I think I am going to have to disagree with you about this blog post. God does unconditionally love us. The scripture you point out is about God disciplining us, which is what he does when we go against him and his will. He STILL loves us no matter what... which is what unconditional love is.
Mom and Dad loved you no matter what you did, no matter what you said, no matter how you acted... They STILL loved you. Now that doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t get a switch and bust your tail when you needed it or grounded you when you deserved it. Don’t you remember the time Dad cut the cords off all the TVs cause we didn’t get good grades and he caught us watching it when we wasn’t suppose to. He was MAD and he punished us... but he still loved us. They STILL loved you, no matter what... Jonn... That is unconditional love. Granted God's punishment tends to be harsher than Mom and Dad's, as it should be because our eternal lives are on the line.
"Now, just because you don't like what it says doesn't negate the fact that God does install conditions on His love." - The scripture you quoted doesn’t say anything about Gods love... it says they were not obedient and that’s why they perished, not that he took his love away from them. There is a difference there. Just because YOUR child disobeys you... Do you not still love her? Even though you have to discipline her?
"This easier than shooting fish in a barrel. It says plainly that if you forsake the LORD, He will forsake you. NEXT!!" I agree that this is simple to read... it says he will give up on you when you give up on him. It doesn’t say he will take away his love. Once again I will use children as an example. You can give your child rules or advice, but that doesn’t mean they will listen. Sometimes you have to let them go... give up on them and let them face their own decisions in life. Once again... its not that you don’t love them, but you can’t make them take your advice. Isn’t there a time when Mom or Dad gave you advice and you didn’t accept it or follow it? They still loved you, but they had to "give up on you" or "forsake you". Once again, they still love you...unconditional love.
Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
To make your point correct this scripture would need to say "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall never have my love." But it doesn’t... it says we shall be damned. I can personally say that I have been damned by God. I turned away from him and said I didn’t believe in him... out loud and proud... and he did damn me and I paid for that disobedience. He still loved me...even though he let the devil get to me. Not cause he wanted to, but because I CHOSE TO! I chose to push God away and I paid the price, just like he said he would do.
I hope this doesn’t make you angry that I have responded on your blog. It has been on my heart to explain this to you. The Holy Spirit kept bringing up in my mind and on my heart for a few days. It kept saying "he doesnt get it, tell him". It doesn’t matter how you feel towards me, how you speak to me, how you treat me, how you don’t want to be around me... I still love you unconditionally. You are not only my brother in the flesh, but also my brother in Christ...whether you like it or not.
Cindy
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