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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Hi RM,
You said:
Where is that in the Bible?
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God's love is without conditions. God isn't a pagan deity that has to be appeased in order for Him to love us. That's performance based religion. Please note this...
Romans 5:7-8
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
God loved us while we were yet sinners. Yes, before you knew God, He looked at you sinning your life away...with love. Even when God chastizes us, He loves us. And I'd go as far as say that God even loves those souls that He must impose eternal justice upon.
If we imply that God loves with conditions, we have to set forth what those conditions are Michael. And every religionist will give us a different set of conditions. lol
What are those conditions Michael?
It's important to remember that love isn't a trait, attribute, or thing that God does. Love is a thing that God IS. It's part of His very essence.
1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.