The lie of Unconditional Love
Nov 21, 2022 12:52:27 GMT
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Post by ilovemyex on Nov 21, 2022 12:52:27 GMT
My wife and I follow Patrick Weaver Ministries and he shared this yesterday. Beautifully written:
"This will be shocking, and prayerfully liberating as well, to those who have been spiritually manipulated to tolerate abuse or stay in an abusive relationship with lies about “Unconditional Love.” Brace yourself, the lies are deeper, more deceptive and deliberate than you think…
Here’s the hard truth that I pray will help somebody understand how diabolical the use of “Unconditional Love” is to justify tolerance of or suffering in an abusive marriage. Stay with me…
The term “Unconditional Love” is not used once in the Bible. What’s worse is, it is neither the definition of God’s love or the love between two people —— spouses included. It’s gets worse…”The term "unconditional love" is not only not found in scripture, none of the church fathers ever used the term nor did any other Christian author before the 20th century. Ironically, far from being a Biblical term it was actually coined by Erich Fromm, an atheist, in 1934.” Don’t take my word for it, look it up——truth is stranger than fiction. Stay with me…
This term “Unconditional Love” was popularized by feel good, self-love gurus to rid the human race of negative self-image. This worldly concept was grafted into Christian theology and soon, biblical love became synonymous with “Unconditional love” and promoted by mainstream religion. The “God of unconditional” love eventually replaced the God of both love and disciple, the God of love and judgement, the God of forgiveness and punishment…because it sold more tickets to the pews——while at the same time creating an entire doctrine of unaccountability, tolerance of unacceptable behavior and the bastardization of the sacred text to accommodate “imperfection” and to absolve the rebellious from any guilt, shame or responsibility for their actions.
Who do you think picked this feel good notion up and ran with it? Abusers, flying monkeys, the unrepentant and the church leaders who wanted to attract the world to their churches without offending the world. Well, as with any lie, “False teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!” (Galatians 5:9).
How on earth did God’s people think they could preach a gospel that is not only not in the Bible but it contradicts the meaning of love. Love is not “Unconditional” love is conditioned upon behavior: “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen” (1 John 4:20). In other words, love band hate, there a condition of love is that it cannot delight in evil: “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6).
In fact the evilness of hate, which is the underlying motive and mentality of an abuser, is as murder to God: “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him” (1 John 3:15). In other words, love and the expression of hate are enemies and therefore, God places the condition on love that it cannot hate, harm or destroy.
God’s love reinforces the conditionality of love. God’s love does not tolerate or accommodate the willfully rebellious, destructive and wicked individual (Romans 1:28-32). God’s love disciplines (Hebrews 12:6). God’s love cannot be mocked (Galatians 6:7). God’s love avenges His children (Romans 12:19). God’s love will cast the evil doers into hell (Matthew 7:22-23). God’s love does not reward wickedness, it delivers the oppressed from the wicked (Psalm 82:2-4).
If God’s love is unconditional then His commandments must be optional——and reward must be possible whether we’re worshippers or wicked, according to these unconditional love con artists…which is false (John 14:15-24). God’s love is not unconditional, love is not unconditional or as promoted, synonymous with unconstitutional tolerance of wicked or destructive behavior: “Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them. You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned” (Titus 3:10-11). Love comes with responsibilities——the feel good message of unconditional love and the promotion of unconditional love as a synonym for unconditional tolerance is why churches are filled with unrepentant, emboldened abusers, rather than being abuser intolerant as the Bible commands: “I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people” (1 Corinthians 5:11).
What’s my point? Lies create bondage —— even the lies we love. Even lies that sound biblical or makes the unrepentant feel good about staying the same or proudly basking in their false reality of “If God’s love is unconditional, yours has to be too,” which is code for, “you have to tolerate me because unconditional love means unconditional tolerance” —— conveniently.
Listen beloved, spread this truth and shame the devil: “THE BIBLE NEVER SAID LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL OR LOVE MEANS UNCONDITIONAL TOLERANCE. THE BIBLE SAID LOVE COMES WITH RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONSEQUENCES.” And an abusive spouse is not exempt from a single responsibility of love or consequence for abusing love. If anybody teaches a different gospel than this regarding love, they are deceived, a covert abuser or they think they can deliberately mock God and get away with it. You don’t owe anybody unconditional tolerance. Period.
Carry On!"
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"This will be shocking, and prayerfully liberating as well, to those who have been spiritually manipulated to tolerate abuse or stay in an abusive relationship with lies about “Unconditional Love.” Brace yourself, the lies are deeper, more deceptive and deliberate than you think…
Here’s the hard truth that I pray will help somebody understand how diabolical the use of “Unconditional Love” is to justify tolerance of or suffering in an abusive marriage. Stay with me…
The term “Unconditional Love” is not used once in the Bible. What’s worse is, it is neither the definition of God’s love or the love between two people —— spouses included. It’s gets worse…”The term "unconditional love" is not only not found in scripture, none of the church fathers ever used the term nor did any other Christian author before the 20th century. Ironically, far from being a Biblical term it was actually coined by Erich Fromm, an atheist, in 1934.” Don’t take my word for it, look it up——truth is stranger than fiction. Stay with me…
This term “Unconditional Love” was popularized by feel good, self-love gurus to rid the human race of negative self-image. This worldly concept was grafted into Christian theology and soon, biblical love became synonymous with “Unconditional love” and promoted by mainstream religion. The “God of unconditional” love eventually replaced the God of both love and disciple, the God of love and judgement, the God of forgiveness and punishment…because it sold more tickets to the pews——while at the same time creating an entire doctrine of unaccountability, tolerance of unacceptable behavior and the bastardization of the sacred text to accommodate “imperfection” and to absolve the rebellious from any guilt, shame or responsibility for their actions.
Who do you think picked this feel good notion up and ran with it? Abusers, flying monkeys, the unrepentant and the church leaders who wanted to attract the world to their churches without offending the world. Well, as with any lie, “False teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!” (Galatians 5:9).
How on earth did God’s people think they could preach a gospel that is not only not in the Bible but it contradicts the meaning of love. Love is not “Unconditional” love is conditioned upon behavior: “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen” (1 John 4:20). In other words, love band hate, there a condition of love is that it cannot delight in evil: “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6).
In fact the evilness of hate, which is the underlying motive and mentality of an abuser, is as murder to God: “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him” (1 John 3:15). In other words, love and the expression of hate are enemies and therefore, God places the condition on love that it cannot hate, harm or destroy.
God’s love reinforces the conditionality of love. God’s love does not tolerate or accommodate the willfully rebellious, destructive and wicked individual (Romans 1:28-32). God’s love disciplines (Hebrews 12:6). God’s love cannot be mocked (Galatians 6:7). God’s love avenges His children (Romans 12:19). God’s love will cast the evil doers into hell (Matthew 7:22-23). God’s love does not reward wickedness, it delivers the oppressed from the wicked (Psalm 82:2-4).
If God’s love is unconditional then His commandments must be optional——and reward must be possible whether we’re worshippers or wicked, according to these unconditional love con artists…which is false (John 14:15-24). God’s love is not unconditional, love is not unconditional or as promoted, synonymous with unconstitutional tolerance of wicked or destructive behavior: “Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them. You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned” (Titus 3:10-11). Love comes with responsibilities——the feel good message of unconditional love and the promotion of unconditional love as a synonym for unconditional tolerance is why churches are filled with unrepentant, emboldened abusers, rather than being abuser intolerant as the Bible commands: “I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people” (1 Corinthians 5:11).
What’s my point? Lies create bondage —— even the lies we love. Even lies that sound biblical or makes the unrepentant feel good about staying the same or proudly basking in their false reality of “If God’s love is unconditional, yours has to be too,” which is code for, “you have to tolerate me because unconditional love means unconditional tolerance” —— conveniently.
Listen beloved, spread this truth and shame the devil: “THE BIBLE NEVER SAID LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL OR LOVE MEANS UNCONDITIONAL TOLERANCE. THE BIBLE SAID LOVE COMES WITH RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONSEQUENCES.” And an abusive spouse is not exempt from a single responsibility of love or consequence for abusing love. If anybody teaches a different gospel than this regarding love, they are deceived, a covert abuser or they think they can deliberately mock God and get away with it. You don’t owe anybody unconditional tolerance. Period.
Carry On!"
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