Pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you, John 15:10

John 15:10 says, If you keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love.
 Does that mean that if we do not keep the commandments that God will not love us? Far from it. God, loves us unconditionally.
 Matthew 5:44 & 46 tells us "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you and persecute you : For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not the publicans the same?
Does that mean that I will allow you to degrade me, put me down and be mean to me? No. Unconditional love is respect, for yourself as well as for those you love.They hung Jesus on a cross until he was dead and yet he said, "Father forgive them. They know not what they do." and that is true. If we truly understood who we are we would be the most kind, loving people you can imagine. We would indeed be one with Christ or Christ like. "Greater love hath no man that this, that a a mam lay down our lives for his friends." (John 15:13)

What does that mean? That we would die for our children, our spouse, for what we believe in? Yes. Men give their lives in war that our nation will be free. Mothers and Fathers give hours of their lives in thankless jobs to feed and clothe their children. Sometimes they ruin their health doing so. They give their lives teaching ungrateful children gospel truth. True sometimes we sabotage ourselves with bad habits, but that is a subject for another day.
Unconditional love is Christ like love.
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