The Dilemma of being loved Unconditionally

"God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life" (Jn. 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 placed in a position where we are obliged to respond. It was God who took the initiative in our salvation history when he decided to empty himself and become a human being. Then he decided to die on the cross for love of us. Then he knocks on the door of our hearts so he can come in and permanently live inside us. Then he decided to give us his body and blood as food for our souls.

Of course we are free to ignore or accept 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 otherhand, 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; and 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 existence of heaven and hell.

God has loved us with a perfect, infinite, crucified love. This is unchangeable fact. What are you going to do about it? Will you love him in return? Today is all we have as tomorrow is uncertain. Act now!