(June 19, 2018 at 6:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: "Agape (Ancient Greek ἀγάπη, agapē) is a Greco-Christian term referring to love ... as it embraces a universal, unconditional love that transcends and persists regardless of circumstance." ~ Wikipedia
And yet God cannot accept me as I am. Doesn't sound like agape to me.
God does accept people as they are, it doesn't matter your condition. What matters is you are wanting a change and God wants to be there to guide you through the change. God accepted me as I was and accepts me as I am now, His love has rang true in my life because I wanted it.
Jormungandr Wrote:Supposedly it's because of justice, yet the supposed king of agape said:
"If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."
Something is amiss here.
Turning the other cheek has nothing to do with justice, it is showing our love for God by standing our ground and not retaliating because what/Who we believe puts us above retaliation. Nothing is amiss we are to live what we believe, this is one way we worship God.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
