Gods unconditional love!

I wrote these thoughts (and feelings) down after reading one of Pastor Bobs blogs:

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It's so easy as humans not to put each other in "I-know-your-type"-boxes, when we meet, see or hear about someone. It's probably impossible..? It's hard for me not to try and categorize how bad a specific sin is. But God sees the full picture, and I can't thank Him enough that He is the one who'll judge us.

We would all be doomed if we as humans had the commandment to judge each other. Still it can be hard not to... ...Which we also see it the news worldwide everyday.

The AWESOME thing is that God knows us completely! And still He urges to have fellowship with us!! Even me.

I try to live by the fruit of the Spirit:

=> Gal.5,22-23: "Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, mildness and self control ..."

Still it happens that I steal peoples joy without wanting to. Jesus said, that if I look at another mans wife with lust in my eyes/mind, I'm guilty in breaking the law.

The guy on the cross beside Jesus got saved ONLY by unconditional love. He believed in Christ and got saved! Without unconditional love NO-ONE of us would go to Heaven.

Not all who call themselves "christians" go to Heaven. It's not the label that saves. And I believe that people who seek God and lay their guilt, shame and pain at the cross of Christ will be saved though they won't label themselves "christians"... For many reasons:

=> Don't fell that they are "good enough" or simply because the word "christian" has extremely bad associations in the mind of many people.

We are all humans (in good and bad) in this world with human thoughts, actions and feelings. Personally, I can't follow a leader (but Christ!) if he tells me that he is perfect or if he tells me that he has got the absolute truth in every detail.

The first and second commandment:

=> Mark 12,30-31: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself."

I often fail at doing that!

We are all on our way in life, and for christians a life in relationship with God where we grow in the knowledge about Him and His love for us. If it wasn't for Gods unconditional love and His mercy and grace I would have had nothing! He is my everything.

In the Old Testament we see our holy and righteous God who can't endure sin. God is still the same and still just as holy today!

In the New Testament Christ broke the death, bought us free, buried our sins (if we accept Christ as our savior) and is winning people by His love.

=> Romans 10,4: "Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes."

Man, Gods love IS unconditional! Otherwise NO-ONE will be saved. The dude on the cross beside Christ. And Christ forgiving sins and healing people on the spot, when all they could do was to believe in Him and receive. Then, AFTER receiving His unconditional love we can do good deeds with thanks.

=> 1 John 4,19: "We love because he first loved us." 

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