Where does it talk about unconditional love in the Bible?

Answer 1

The term "unconditional love" isn't in the Bible. Contrary to the teachings of many religious denominations that profess Jesus' name... that Jesus, more or less, "HAS TO LOVE YOU, NO MATTER WHAT," is a satanic lie.

It's satanic in that it instills a subliminal message that there is no responsibility required on man's part in his relationship with God.

The shocking Truth is, that God places "conditions" on those who receive His Grace and Mercy. It's even WRITTEN INTO HIS TEN COMMANDMENTS:

"...For I the LORD thy God AM a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them THAT HATE ME; and SHEWING MERCY unto thousands [or the thousandth generation] OF THEM THAT LOVE ME and KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." (Ex.20:5-6 KJV)

God insists... no... He DEMANDS... He COMMANDS His Children to LOVE HIM and KEEP HIS LAWS; if they are to expect His blessings and Love!

Abraham didn't receive his pact [covenant] with God... and his Promises from God FOR NOTHING! He had to DO SOMETHING:

"Because Abraham OBEYED MY VOICE, and KEPT MY CHARGE, My COMMANDMENTS, My STATUTES, and My LAWS." (Gen.26:5)

And when God [Jesus Christ, the WORD and Almighty Creator God of the Old Testament - John 1:3] brought Abraham's descendants out of Egyptian slavery... He offered them the same Promises He gave to Abraham; and He offered it to them, CONDITIONALLY!

" 'IF YOU FULLY OBEY THE LORD your God BY KEEPING ALL THE COMMANDMENTS I AM giving you today, the LORD will exalt you above all the nations of the world. You will experience ALL THESE BLESSINGS IF YOU OBEY THE LORD your God..." (Deut.28:1-2 NLT New Living Translation)

"You MUST NOT TURN AWAY FROM ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS I AM giving you today to follow other gods and worship them." (verse 14)

"But IF YOU REFUSE TO LISTEN to the LORD your God and DO NOT OBEY all the Commandments and Laws I AM giving you today, ALL THESE CURSES WILL COME and OVERWHELM YOU..." (verse 15).

God's Love is quite "conditional," in spite of what many religious types might say to the contrary. God commands His Children's OBEDIENCE! And that "obedience" revolves around the keeping of His Ten Commandments -- WHICH ARE HIS LAWS OF LOVE!!!

Those who insist that God must love them "unconditionally" are those who have "done away with God's Law of Love" [the Ten Commandments] in their own hearts and minds. They teach that God's Commandments are "burdensome"... "sinful." That they get in the way of God's Grace and Mercy and Forgiveness.

But God's Word says that obeying His Commandments GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH ONE'S FAITH IN JESUS!

"Let this encourage God's Holy People to endure persecution patiently and remain firm to the end, OBEYING HIS COMMANDMENTS AND TRUSTING IN JESUS." (Rev.14:12 NLT)

Too many denominations of false, modern professing Christianity don't explain to their flocks WHAT SIN IS: "...SIN IS the transgression of the Law" (I John 3:4).

Sin is BREAKING THE LAW... not keeping it! Obeying the Law ISN'T A BAD THING! Living WITHIN THE LAW is a GOOD THING! It's when the law is broken that we FALL UNDER ITS PENALTY -- death.

There is NO LAW AGAINST KEEPING THE LAW. But there is a law against BREAKING it.

NOT MURDERING SOMEONE IS A GOOD THING TO DO. Murdering someone is a BAD thing. Not lying to someone is a GOOD thing to do. Lying to someone is BAD, evil, wicked... a sin.

These are all "conditions" to be met, that God commands of all of His servants... His people... His Children. And they all boil down to the same thing: God commands His Children to LOVE HIM, and to LOVE ONE ANOTHER -- which is the underscoring message of His Ten Commandments!

"When you OBEY ME, YOU REMAIN IN MY LOVE, just as I OBEY MY FATHER and remain in His LOVE. I have told you this so that you will BE FILLED WITH MY JOY. Yes, your Joy will overflow! I COMMAND YOU TO LOVE EACH OTHER IN THE SAME WAY THAT I LOVE YOU.

"And here is how to measure it - the Greatest Love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends. YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU OBEY ME." (John 15:10-14 NLT)

Too many religious denominations try to teach God's Love "without His Laws of Love" [by doing away with the Ten Commandments] -- which, if kept, are open demonstrations of Love toward our Creator, Jesus Christ, His Father, and toward one another.

There's no getting around the "conditions" God sets for those who would receive His blessings. He demands that we "repent" of our past disobedience with all our hearts... and that we desire for Him to "teach us how to Love" Him and others with the same Selfless Love that He has shown us.

The exclusion of these "conditions" God sets for man in this world is what's missing in man's knowledge... and why the world is so full of HATRED and RESENTMENT and MURDER and LYING and THEFT and DISLOYALTY. This world is guided by the god man chose to worship and obey in the beginning. Satan the Devil, who is the "original sinner"... the FATHER of Disobedience and Death:

"...He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the Truth. There is no Truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for HE IS A LIAR and the FATHER OF LIES." (John 8:44 NLT)

Any parent can understand the concept of "unconditional love" toward their children. Children disobey... and the parent doesn't stop loving his children when they do. But the children MUST BE CORRECTED and PUNISHED for disobedience if they are to learn right from wrong. Responsibility for one's behavior has to be instilled in a person... or people learn that disobedience is okay.

But God's Word makes it abundantly clear that disobedience is evil [sin]... and worthy of death. And His Word and His Laws make it abundantly clear that certain "conditions must be met" if Eternal Life is to be expected by His Children; KEEPING God's Commandments and KEEPING their Faith in Christ.