Unconditional love

Unconditional love, we use this term in the church, but do we understand how powerful these words are?

Jesus loves all mankind unconditionally, for He died for all mankind, the Bible says while we're His enemy and yet sinners Christ died for us! 

How many of us are sinners? 

ALL OF US, even though Christ paid the price for our sins, not all will receive what Christ Jesus has done for them by taking their place on the cross and becoming the payment for the penalty for sin, death, in their place.

Jesus forgave all who mocked  Him , spat on Him, beat Him, tortured Him, crucified and killed Him, Jesus still forgives those today who do the same things, when they come to Him ask, and repent, if Christ can do this, and He did and does,He will forgive you also. 

How do I know this, He forgave me, and forgives me still when I fail Him.

We need to give unconditional love to each other, just as we have received it, that doesn't mean we except sin, what it does mean is we tell others by how we live, what we say and do by doing it Christ way, this means we pray for others that God will work in their lives as He is ours, we forgive those who wrong us, no matter what and love them through Jesus Christ as He does us.

What conditions do we put on others so we can love them?

What if Christ loved us as we do others? 

Is our love based on what others can do for us, or based on who Christ is in us?

It is easier to say than do, but if Jesus did it, and He did! Then He is our example to live by, in Him we to can do this.

God's word says this;

Luke 23:32-35, 38-43 HCSB

Two others — criminals  — were also led away to be executed with Him. When  they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. Then Jesus said, “Father,  forgive  them, because they do not know what they are doing.”   And they divided His clothes and cast lots. The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing:  “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One! ”   An inscription was above Him: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at  Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us! ” But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God since you are undergoing the same punishment? We are punished justly  because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”   Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom! ” And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

John 15:12-13 HCSB

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.

Romans 3:23 HCSB

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 5:6-11 HCSB

For while we were still helpless, and the appointed moment,  Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die? But God proves  His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood,  we will be saved through Him from wrath.   For if, while we were enemies,  we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!   And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.

Romans 6:23 HCSB

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 HCSB

Love is patient,  love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish,  is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for languages, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.