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Faith Matters

203. Love is a Law, not a Reward — Adam Miller at Restore

Feb 10, 2024
Author and speaker, Adam Miller, retells parables to explore the misconception of earning love. He emphasizes that God's love is constant and not something to be earned. Guilt and shame arise when we try to earn love that is already freely given. The session acts as a meditation to release worries of unworthiness, inviting us to embrace love as a verb instead.
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  • Love is not a reward, but a commandment to be obeyed and a verb that requires our participation.
  • Righteous judgment is about seeing love as a moral law, rather than using judgment to determine who deserves to be loved.

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Love cannot be earned or deserved

Love is not a reward or something to be earned. It is a commandment to be obeyed and a verb that requires our participation. The idea of trying to make ourselves perfectly lovable is a misunderstanding. Love is not about being worthy of love, but rather about loving others.

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