THE UNLOVABLE

Luke 6:32-33

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ do that.”

People need love, especially when they don’t deserve it. People who deserve love probably have a lot of it already and may not need love anymore. But who is in need of love? Those who are not loved. And why are they not loved? Because they are unlovable.

Ano ang ipinagkaiba nating mga Kristiano sa mga hindi mananampalataya? Yung hindi nananampalataya, they follow the natural law. They love only those who love them. But Christians follow the unnatural, the spiritual law. Like Christ, we love the unlovable. Kaya, may pinagkaiba.

Ang sinasabi ng Lord, “Kung yung sumasaludo sayo, sinasaluduhan mo rin. Yung bumabati sayo, binabati mo rin, anong pinagkaiba mo sa mga hindi anak ng Dios?” Pati makasalanan ganun din, polite. Kapag binabati sila, binabati rin nila. Kapag nagbibigay, binibigyan rin. Nagregalo ka sa akin ngayong Pasko, next Pasko, reregaluhan na rin kita. Pumunta ka sa birthday ko, pupunta rin ako sa birthday mo. So kung hanggang doon lang ang ginagawa natin, balewala.

At dahil anak tayo ng Dios, dapat malampasan natin yung ginagawa ng sanlibutan. Binabati natin yung hindi bumabati sa atin, nireregaluhan natin yung hindi nagreregalo, at minamahal natin yung hindi nagmamahal. Yun ang isa sa mga panuntunan, pamantayan at pagkakakilanlan ng anak ng Dios.