Here are some more comments from Tullian Tchividjian about 1 John 4:19: The idea, however, as Caleb said in the comments, is that "the instigator in the equation was God and his love and we only reciprocate because he initiated." This could almost itself be a paraphrase of 1 John 4:19. You're loved, so you can love now because you've been loved. You don't have to worry anymore about whether or not you're loved. In the video at your link, Elyse Fitzpatrick says: Their aim is to show the unconditionality of God's grace. Thus, "one-way love" means unconditional love. This conditionality plagues us at every turn and keeps usĮnslaved to fear, reservation, and insecurity. Principle of "I'll do X for you, if you do Y for me." Everything in Our relationships, our careers, our institutions also run on the The hub ofĬhristianity is not "do something for Jesus." The hub ofĬhristianity is "Jesus has done everything for you." Us our obedience for him rather than his obedience for us. Made for us our performance for him rather than his performance for The unintended consequence of this push, however, is that if we're not careful, weĬan give people the impression that Christianity is first and foremostĪbout the sacrifice we make for Jesus rather than the sacrifice Jesus
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