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Conditional Vs Unconditional Love of God

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"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”             - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7  CONTRADICTION You may have read  this verse  thousands of times before.  Especially on wedding cards and forwarded messages and your WhatsApp groups. You may have even tried applying these aspects of loving yourself If not all, at least some of them. And then you realize, you (all of humanity) are incapable of loving with all or even one of these qualities. Then you realize that only God is qualified to  love " unconditionally" . But is God's love really unconditional? Especially, when the Bible quite blatantly talks about " reciprocation " .  But if we...

Books of Prophets

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Who is a Prophet? Biblical prophets are persons who convey a message from God. In addition, sometimes God gave them a prophecy of the future. Prophet is a spokesman for God There are 16 MAJOR Old Testament prophets, whose prophecies form part of the inspired canon of Scripture. These are divided into 4 groups: Prophets of the northern Kingdom of Israel Hosea Amos Joel Jonah Prophets of the Kingdom of Judah Isaiah Jeremiah Obadiah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Prophets of the Captivity period Ezekiel Daniel Prophets of the Restoration period Haggai Zechariah Malachi The greatest prophet, above all others, is Jesus Christ —who is the exact representation of God (Hebrews 1:1-3) and speaks for God because He is God. *               *               * *            *            * The book of Jeremiah teaches us the importance of "Calli...