Is God's love really unconditional?
Theologian Jonathan Edwards (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) R.C. Sproul . The unconditional love of God is certainly a pleasing message for people to hear and conforms to a certain kind of political correctness. In our desire to communicate to people the sweetness of the gospel, the readiness of God to cover our sins with forgiveness, and the incredible depth of His love displayed on the cross, we indulge in a hyperbolic expression of the scope and extent of His love. Where in Scripture do we find this notion of the unconditional love of God? If God's love is absolutely unconditional, why do we tell people that they have to repent and have faith in order to be saved? God sets forth clear conditions for a person to be saved. It may be true that in some sense God loves even those who fail to meet the conditions of salvation , but that subtlety is often missed by the hearer when the preacher declares the unconditional love of God. People hear that God will continue to love the