“The Dilemma of Being Loved Unconditionally”
God so loved the world
that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him may not die but
may have eternal life." -John 3:16
God loves us with so great a love, while we were dead in our sins, he brought us to life with Christ that we are put in a position where we are obliged to respond. God took the initiative when he decided to empty Himself and become a human being. Then He decided to die on the cross for love of us. Next, He knocks on the door of our lives so He can come in and permanently live inside us. Then He decides to give us His body and blood as food to feed our souls under the appearance of bread and wine.
Of course, we are free to ignore Jesus' Incarnation, crucifixion, and repeated knocks on our doors; but if the Lord hadn't loved us so much and so faithfully, we wouldn't be in this constant dilemma of what to do about His amazing love. On the other hand, if the Lord hadn't loved us so much, we wouldn't even have the opportunity to be free, saved, pure, and holy.
Because God is love, He gave us freedom. He will not force a person to love Him. Because we are free, we can decide to accept or reject God, to be with Him forever in heaven or without Him forever in hell. He patiently awaits our coming back home as the death of the sinner is of no benefit to Him. The greatness of God's love implies the magnitude of our freedom. God's love implies the existence of heaven and hell.
God has loved you with a perfect, infinite, crucified love. This is an unchangeable fact. What
are you going to do about it? Will you love Him in return? Time is running out as toomorrow is uncertain so do what can be done today, now.
may have eternal life." -John 3:16
God loves us with so great a love, while we were dead in our sins, he brought us to life with Christ that we are put in a position where we are obliged to respond. God took the initiative when he decided to empty Himself and become a human being. Then He decided to die on the cross for love of us. Next, He knocks on the door of our lives so He can come in and permanently live inside us. Then He decides to give us His body and blood as food to feed our souls under the appearance of bread and wine.
Of course, we are free to ignore Jesus' Incarnation, crucifixion, and repeated knocks on our doors; but if the Lord hadn't loved us so much and so faithfully, we wouldn't be in this constant dilemma of what to do about His amazing love. On the other hand, if the Lord hadn't loved us so much, we wouldn't even have the opportunity to be free, saved, pure, and holy.
Because God is love, He gave us freedom. He will not force a person to love Him. Because we are free, we can decide to accept or reject God, to be with Him forever in heaven or without Him forever in hell. He patiently awaits our coming back home as the death of the sinner is of no benefit to Him. The greatness of God's love implies the magnitude of our freedom. God's love implies the existence of heaven and hell.
God has loved you with a perfect, infinite, crucified love. This is an unchangeable fact. What
are you going to do about it? Will you love Him in return? Time is running out as toomorrow is uncertain so do what can be done today, now.
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