God can not and will not accept our sin. It s amazing that in our culture a young attractive woman will invariably feel that she could lose a few pounds, the most successful man feels he should be making more money, and everyone is beating themselves up because they are total losers and failures. But ask them about their relationship with God and they are sure He completely approves of them. God is the One who defines love, not men. Agape love is NOT unconditional love.
Agape love is divine love, sacrificial love.
Deuteronomy is a continuous list of the various conditions that had to be met by the young nation of Israel to enjoy God s blessings. But all the while God knew they would fail, fall away and that He would have to die for them. That s agape love, that the God of the universe in the person of Jesus Christ would come down out of heaven, endure agony, indignity and death for His willful and rebellious creation. That s the condition. The unchurched believe that God will love and save them anyway, based on their fleshly definition of love, while the saved know that belief in Christ is the only way, because of His supreme sacrifice of love.