AThornquist
Puritan Board Doctor
I know that quite a few people say that God's love is unconditional, and I'm trying to figure out if that is proper to say. Of course, this terminology depends on the object of love; one might say that God's love for the believer is unconditional because if one is truly in Christ, then indeed no matter how spiritual or unspiritual this Christian might become he or she is accepted as a child of God.
Of course, for the reprobate there is a sense (in my opinion, though some disagree) in which God loves them, yet they are under the curse of God and will be punished for being blessed by God and yet remaining a rejector of Him as Lord.
Then there is the unbeliever who is under the wrath of God but who was elected in love; would this love be regardless of the condition of the object and therefore "unconditional?"
Blegh. The only reason I care is because "unconditional love" is spoken of frequently in our culture. Let me know what you think.
Of course, for the reprobate there is a sense (in my opinion, though some disagree) in which God loves them, yet they are under the curse of God and will be punished for being blessed by God and yet remaining a rejector of Him as Lord.
Then there is the unbeliever who is under the wrath of God but who was elected in love; would this love be regardless of the condition of the object and therefore "unconditional?"
Blegh. The only reason I care is because "unconditional love" is spoken of frequently in our culture. Let me know what you think.