Is it in the human nature to love this way?
Like Jesus Christ said: "Love your enemy"?
2006-06-23 06:02:48 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, Jesus said love your enemy because if you only love those that you care for, where is the reward in that? It's impossible to love your enemy on your own, only through God's grace one is able to love their enemy. Since humans have a fallen nature due to original sin, it is in human nature to love only those that love them back, BUT it's in God's will to love those that hate you just as Jesus Christ loves His enemies. We must be more like Jesus Christ. Jesus said, be perfect just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
2006-06-23 06:14:41 · answer #1 · answered by romeo4evernever 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, the dog is a good answer. But what if we had selfish reasons for having a dog? For example, having a dog in turn makes you happy because it totally depends on you.
Another example of unconditional love could be a parent loving a child, but is this truly unconditional? The instinct of our humans is to pass on our genes and continue the species; thus, 'unconditional love' may be nothing more than an urge to survive.
Altruistic love may exist, but who really knows for sure?
I'm not trying to sound pessimistic or anything - just giving a new perspective on things.
2006-06-23 13:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing that Jesus asked us to do is hard. His yoke is easy and his burdens are light. We, as humans make it hard because we try to love one another the way we want to be loved and that's not the way. He instructed us to love one another as HE loved us. How did He? His love was demonstrated by his suffering and death on the cross for sins he did not commit. He lived a perfect life and came to show us how to do the same. We have the instructions, but it is not human nature to love this way. The human nature (flesh) is weak, faulty and always wants to do what it wants to do. The spirit of the man which is inside is the place where we need to love. We have to learn to look at the flesh and say - You are dead to me! I see only the spirit of the person whom I love and in that way, this person has done no wrong. I can love this person the way Jesus loves me. When we start looking at the mirror at ourselves, we will never get to the unconditional. It can be done.
2006-06-23 13:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it exists. No, it is not in human nature to love this way.
To "love our enemies" plainly shows that God's love extends even to His enemies. This universal love of God is manifest in blessings which God bestows on all indiscriminately. Theolgians refer to this as common grace. This must be distinguished from the everlasing love God has for the elect, but it is a sincere goodwill nentheless.
God causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If we love only those who love us, what reward do we have? (Matthew 5:45-46)
Loving unconditional as Jesus Christ demonstrated towards sinners upon the cross, I believe, is impossible without God. For without Him, we can do nothing.
Hope this helps!
2006-06-23 13:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by Adamray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Many species babies eat the Mother after they are born, and she lets them! Now that's love! Human nature is decidedly not unconditional. Very bad for the raising of the child.
2006-06-23 13:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by ADubya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about jesus, but the closest thing to unconditional love on earth is between a parent and child.
2006-06-23 13:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Holy Spirit that gives us the ability to love like Jesus Christ. The person that doesn't know Christ as their personal Saviour doesn't understand the ways of God.
1Cr 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html
2006-06-23 13:19:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unconditional love is not necessarily a warm, fuzzy feeling. It is loving behavior. We love our enemies when we refuse to react to their behavior in a like manner. We love them when we pray for them, feed them when they are hungry and are in any way kind to them or take care of their needs even when they don't merit that behavior.
God sets the example for us in that He provides for us what we don't deserve.
Unconditionally loving our families works the same way. Even when they do something that interrupts the good feelings of love, we still love in practical ways: nurturing, caring for, and providing for them. It is said that we love what we care for. Love is what we do. The feelings follow our actions.
2006-06-23 13:22:52 · answer #8 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. God"s love is unconditional. When you get saved, God gives you that love in your heart for others. We are suppose to love our enemy, and bless them that curse you.
2006-06-23 13:07:54 · answer #9 · answered by concerned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. The truest Unconditional Love I have ever witnessed is Amma giving it to everybody that comes to her for darshan.
2006-06-23 14:57:50 · answer #10 · answered by Amma's Child 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋