Thursday, January 24, 2013

Unconditional Absolute Love Gospel Simply Stated

Everyone loves Romans 8:31


Rom 8:31  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Yet many gloss over or try to rationalize the clear meaning of Romans 8:29-30.


Rom 8:29, 30  "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified."

This is the gospel simply stated.

An Absolutely Sovereign God, Creator and Ruler of the universe, has chosen from the overflow of His Absolute Love to create. In His creation He has determined to demonstrate to all His Absolute Love that by preconception and free choice, He has determined for some to become lovely in His sight, by planning a way for them to become conformed to the His image. His image is reflected in The Eternal Son. Upon this unconditional and absolute choice He brings His plan to completion by a process of calling to belief, justifying by applying the propitiation of His Son's sacrifice of shed blood and broken body and glorifying in the completed work of resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua Messiah, Isa Al Masih; bringing the called to glorification.

This is what leads to Romans 8:31.

Some may argue that this act is for all and unconditional means "God loves everyone".

Doesn't it say so in the next verses?


Rom 8:32, 33  "He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies."

Paul is very clear who are the "us all" in verse 32 it is "God's Elect".

Would we also presume that "graciously give us all things" is a literal "all the things we selfishly and sinfully want'?

No God's Unconditional Absolute Love is a reflection of His choice and that He chooses without respect of persons. His choice is free and unconditional graciously given apart from our worthiness. The worth belongs to Jesus and our becoming like Him through the transforming power of calling, justification and glorification.

All of God. All of grace.







Tuesday, January 1, 2013


1Jn 4:7-19  "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.   Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.  In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.  In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.  No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.  By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.  By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.  There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us."

I  am taking a break from daily blogging my thoughts from Scripture, on God's Absolute Love. If you are interested please look back at the past two years of entries, there is much food for thought from God's Word and other authors. I pray my words do not detract from what The Spirit of God will do through the past posts.