We have this famous verse from John 3:16: "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."
Many preachers stopped here and start talking about the wonderful love of God, which is of course very true. However, some preachers went further. I remembered a female preacher from Colchester, Essex, England gave the analogy that God is like a young man chasing after young girls. He is full of love. Young girls do not just accept love from young men, if there is more than one suitor. She has a choice.
However, we do not have an option. If we were to go down further to John 3:18, we will read this: "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). Rejection means condemnation. Unlike the young girls, we do not have an option. There is only one God.
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