Love, the Best Way
1 Corinthians 13 [i] God is love. (1 John 4:8) John 3:16 tells us God sent his Son into the world to save those who believe in him. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world. Rather, he sent his Son into the world to save the world. (John 3:17) However, John 3 ends with these rather ominous words, "And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment." (John 3:36) I hear statements all the time to the effect that if God is a God of love, if God is love, then surely he will save all of humanity. This seems to make sense on the surface. If God can save me, then surely he can save anybody. John 3:36 and other similar Scriptures make it clear that God has not chosen to save everybody. There are many reasons for this. One of them is that love does not coerce or force itself to be reciprocated. In other words, while God