Ron, You may be right. As a matter of fact I agree with you. However, Elder Nelson does not. He says that God's love is conditional upon righteousness.
In conference yet George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:32 PM Subject: RE: [ZION] Is God's Love Unconditional? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John W. Redelfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:18 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ZION] Is God's Love Unconditional? > >SNIP< > > God's love is certainly unconditional in the sense that he loves all his > > children, probably even Lucifer. But his willingness and ability > > to bless > > those he loves is predicated upon their cooperation and > > obedience. He not > > only will not force any man to heaven, he cannot. > > > > Is God's love unconditional? Yes or no depending on what you mean by > > "unconditional."< > > > I may have posted too hastily and therefore didn't clarify well. Fact is, I > think we agree. But, this whole issue gets so bolluxed-up (witness the > confusing faith/works/grace piece in ths months Engisn) that I'll try one > more time to explain myself. > > God's love for us is unconditional. Because he loves, he is ever-ready to > go to bat for us. That is, he is ready to fogive us our errors when we are > ready to acknowledge them and repent. It follows that he can't begin to > bless us UNTIL we choose to be obedient, nor can be bestow more blessing on > us unless we consistently heed His counsel. > > God's unconditional love has absolutely nothing to the with the heretical > doctrine of "eat, drink, be merry and repent on your death" you wrote about > so colorfully. No doubt God, because He loves us unconditionally, can, and > probably does forgive someone who sincerely repents on his deathbed. But, > God can not begin to bestow blessing -- okay, call them rewards if you > insist -- until one has begun to live by His word. > > Finally, recall that Christ's unconditional love for us -- his grace -- > guarantees all of us eternal life. What kind of eternal life we are given > depends on His assessment of our faithfulness. > > I hope this is clearer than the earlier post. > > Ron > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------
