Romans 5:8 (NLT)
But
God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were
still sinners
When you think of
the love of God, what comes to your mind?
We are limited by our finite minds and experiences to comprehend the
true meaning of God’s love. There are no
conditions placed on God's love for us.
God’s love does not depend on you doing all you can to become good. He doesn’t promise to send Christ if you
promise to love Him; in fact God sent His Son while you were still in your
sins. God’s love for us has always existed. His love is so great that He initiated the
act required to reconcile sinful mankind with His holiness and perfection. He did all the giving and sacrificing long
before we were even aware that we needed His love.
God’s love is
very different from human love. Read I
Corinthians 13 again for the model of God’s love. God's love is unconditional and not dependent
on feelings. He doesn't love us because
we're lovable or because we make Him feel good; He loves us because He is love.
He created us to have a loving relationship with Him, and He sacrificed His own
Son who willingly died for us to restore that relationship.
Earlier in Romans
(3:23) Paul wrote that we all are sinners and fall short of the glory of
God. The Bible is very clear that there
is no human being ever in the history of mankind that was sinless…..except Jesus
Christ (II Corinthians 5:21). Yet,
despite all mankind being sinful, God still loved His human creation so much
that He sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins (John 3:16).
With this
seemingly unreal truth in mind, how can you not love God for what He has done
and share that love with others? How can
you not tell others who do not know Christ as Savior what this love of God
really means?
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