Ever try to love someone really “unlovable?” Maybe a fellow ramper who acts like a jerk constantly? We need to love such people, but without the love of Christ working in and through us we never will.
Unconditional love flows out of God to all of us because it is His nature to love. He does not need our love. He has an infinite supply of it within Himself. Further, God does not just have love; He is love. We need this love to live. It comes from outside of us.
We do not inherently and perfectly love others out of the depths of who we are because we are not limitless. But He is. God’s infinite love, one not requiring a loving response or loving behavior, can be directed towards even the most “evil” members of humanity. It is not directed at that evil, but at the persons who continue to commit the evil in the hopes that this unconditional love will bring them to repentance.
We may reject this love but that does not mean it was never there, wooing us to the Lover of our souls.
And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Luke 6:34-35 (ESV)
