"But God Demonstrates His Love Toward Us..."

“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8 NKJV)

    Consider for a moment: Who would you be willing to die for? Your spouse? Your children? A sibling? Maybe even a dear friend and sister in Christ? …Now, how about that drunk guy who hit your car? How about a woman who cheated on her husband and abandoned her kids? How about Jeffrey Epstein or Paul Bernardo? That changes things, doesn’t it?

    People would be quick to label the act of giving up one’s life in order to preserve the life of a good and righteous person as something ‘noble’ and ‘noteworthy’, but God did something more – something much more noble, much more noteworthy – He provided us with a Saviour and a sacrifice when we were still sinners, when we were still in the same category as that drunk guy, the adulteress fornicator, as Epstein and Bernardo – that is how much God loves us!! – He provided Light to us so that we could escape the darkness of sin (John 8:12, 12:35-36, 46)!!

    God gave His only begotten Son to give us opportunity to have everlasting life and not perish in our sins (John 3:16). His desire is for all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4), not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9) – God loves us all that much!!

    The truth of God’s immense and all-encompassing love is clearly shown to us in the very giving of His Son, and Jesus’ love for His Father and for us is made known in His willingness to sacrifice Himself for us (John 15:9-14)!! God wants us to comprehend His love (Ephesians 3:14-19) so that we will appreciate His abundant gift of Light and life and not ever desire to go back into the darkness (Hebrews 10:35-39, 2 Peter 2:20, Luke 17:32)!

    God loved us that much!! God continues to love us that much!!

    So, let’s determine to live a life worthy of His love by humbly seeking Him, studying His word to increase our knowledge of the truth and do all we can to reflect His marvelous light into the world around us so that others may also come to repentance!!

You can do it! So can I!!