(June 20, 2018 at 5:26 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:(June 20, 2018 at 12:22 am)Godscreated Wrote:
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.
Agape... with conditions. Sorry, GC, it doesn't work that way. If he doesn't accept me unless I want to change, then he doesn't truly accept me. Your complaint is ridiculous on the face of it. What if you said to your wife, "I accept you as you are, but only if you're willing to change"? That would be pure hypocrisy.
You are talking about different things like they are one. God loves you no matter what you do or what condition you are in. It is his Holiness that can't accommodate sin that has not been atoned for. It is his Justice the defines the punishment for lacking that atonement at the end of your life.