Today we hear a great deal about God’s so-called ‘unconditional love.’ But is this belief based upon divine revelation? Or is it nothing more than a theological myth? That, sinful members of the human race, would be beneficiaries of The Creator’s love without conditionalities, is a wonderful thought. But is this belief based upon anything contained in Scripture or is it nothing more than a vain indulgence in romanticism? This is a concept that has been advocated from the pulpit by ministers since time immemorial. Even in Noah’s day, there were preachers who asserted, contrary to Noah’s warnings, that The Great Originator of life would never destroy the earth with a flood since His love was unconditional. Unfortunately for them, however, and all their deluded followers. Who refused to repent. At the end of 120 years of Noah’s evangelistic crusade. The divine Judge delivered His verdict, “The Lord said to Noah, ‘Come into the ark, you and all your household because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation… For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.’ And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.'” Genesis 7:1, 4-5. (NKJV).
Although the Bible has a great deal to say about Abraham. Including the fact that He was loved by God. We need to remember that the relationship that ‘The father of the faithful,’ enjoyed with The Almighty was based upon rules. He was never free to do at any time, exactly what he felt like doing. Furthermore, The Lord reminded Him of that fact when He asserted to Abraham, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” Genesis 7:1-2. (NKJV). In other words, the blessings that The Creator would send to Abraham were based upon the fulfillment of certain conditions. According to scripture what exactly is God’s covenant? “And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice. So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.” Deuteronomy 4:12-13. (NKJV). Therefore, Abraham was a commandment keeper and he adhered to them faithfully. For that reason, God blessed him abundantly.
Abraham’s son Isaac was reminded of his father’s faithfulness and indirectly encouraged to pursue his father’s exemplary lifestyle when God spoke to him “Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” Genesis 26:2-5 (NKJV).
There is no room for misapprehension, misperception, or misunderstanding. Because The Lord very clearly reveals Himself in scripture. As He passed before His servant Moses and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty.” Exodus 34:6 (NKJV). We’ve read about characters in scripture who did some terrible things, and who sank to unrecognizable depths of degradation and depravity. Yet God forgave them because they deeply repented of their sin(s). There were two malefactors crucified with Christ. One of them was impenitent and railed against The Saviour. The other one was penitent, acknowledged his sinful condition, repented, and begged The Redeemer for mercy. The Master’s response was immortalized in these words, “Assuredly, I say to you today, ‘you will be with Me in Paradise.'” Luke 23:43 (NKJV).
Undoubtedly, God’s love is divine; God’s love is great; God’s love is unfathomable; God’s love is wonderful; God’s love is awesome. But the love of God is certainly not unconditional. The unconditionality of God’s love is a theological myth that has its origin in Hades and is designed by the devil to lead the gullible and naive directly to Gehenna.
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