> -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Redelfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ZION] Is God's Love Unconditional? > > > In the February ENSIGN, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of > the Twelve > wrote an article in which he stated unequivocally that God's love is NOT > unconditional. It is divine, and it is infinite, but it is very much > conditional upon repentance and obedience to divine law. In the article, > Elder Nelson says: > > --- > Understanding that divine love and blessings are not truly unconditional > can defend us against common fallacies such as these: Since God's love is > unconditional, He will love me regardless...; or Since God is > love, He will > love me unconditionally, regardless...<
There is a current piece in Ensign that confuses "unconditional love" and "blessing." Actually, I think the current piece confuses grace/faith/works. God's love is unconditional, according to Hinckley (many sources). But, the blessing/rewards are very conditional up faithfulness. > These arguments are used by anti-Christs to woo people with deception. > Nehor, for example, promoted himself by teaching falsehoods: He testified > unto the people that all mankind should be saved at the last day, for the > Lord had created all men, and, in the end, all men should have eternal > life. Sadly, some of the people believed Nehor's fallacious and > unconditional concepts.< As I said, you getting the two concepts mixed up. You're making synoymns of "unconditional love" and "divine blessings." So did Elder Nelson. You'd better careful who you're calling anti-Christ JWR for you're about to violate your own bylaws (grin): I think President Hinckley has, over the years, been quite clear that God has unconditional love for each of us. Which doesn't have a whole lot to do with how we're judged in the great-by-and-by in the sky. RBS > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
