From the story of prodigal son, we learn that God loves humans unconditionally. Jesus christ in Mathew 5:45 tells us that " For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil". As God as our Father and we as his children, God will try to bring back those who indulge in sins towards his unconditional love till their last breath. Jesus gave an example for this by giving solace to the thief at his right hand during the time of his crucifixion. Even after the death of a person, God still tries to bring a person back to his unconditional love. We can understand this from Peter 3:19. " and in his spiritual existence, he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits. These were the spirits of those who had not obeyed God when he waited patiently during the days that Noah was building his boat".
In psychology we distinguish berween an authoritarian father and an authritative father.
ReplyDeleteGod is popularly thought of as authoritarian, but Jesus presspresented God as authoritative.