God's unconditional love

Dear Friends,
In John 3:16, we see the most well known verse, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” I understood that one way God defines love is the act of giving.. Many times I have heard my kids say, I love you because you are cute or I love you because you take good care of me sometime friends say, I love you because you are fun to be with. We love conditionally in other words, we love someone because they fulfill a condition that we require before we love them. Our love is not only conditionally it is also mercurial, we love based on feelings and emotions that can change from one moment to the next. God wants us to know that His love is unconditional, so he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for us while we were still unlovable sinners, His love is very different from human love, and his love is not based on feelings or emotions. He loves us because He is love.

Why does God so love the world? Why does God love me and you? Is He jobless or is He not busy to care other important things?

God loves us because we are HIS children. God’s love is unconditional and it seems that the love parents have for their children are as close to unconditional love. Parents continue to love their children through good times and bad times and they don’t stop loving them if they don’t meet the expectations they may have for them. This is similar to God’s love for us. He loves us because He created us.

God loves us because; He wants us to know Him. We are incomplete without God. He wants us to have closer relationship with Him. How can we know God better? To know God better, we should know Jesus Christ. To know God better, we should read the word of God regularly. And know God better through observing nature, Psalm 19:1.

God loves us because we NEED HIM. We need God to redeem us from sin. We need God to help us live for Him. We need God to meet our life’s needs. Phil 4:19 says that, “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Jesus Christ.”

If we see John 3:16 again, the most beautiful word in this text is “whosoever”. Jesus can save you and me. Whoever you are, no matter who you are? No matter what you have done, no matter how evil and godless you have been, no matter how richly you deserve hell. No matter what your nationality, or skin or color or ethnic group, no matter if you are male or female, young or old, whoever you are, you can be saved, you don’t have to perish. However, what God gave was not a mere gift wrapped present, God sacrificed his only son Jesus Christ, so that we put our faith in HIS son. This is an amazing love because we are the ones, who choose to be separated from God through our own sin, yet it’s God who mends the separation through His intense personal sacrifice and all we have to do is accept HIS gift

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”