1 John 4:10: In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
God didn’t give His Son for us because we were attractive, or because we were good, or because we promised to do something. God loved us “while we were yet sinners.” We need to recognize that you and I today are sinners and that “… God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). God did it at that time, and God loved us at that time. He has made a way for us, if we will accept it. Jesus said, “… I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). You either come His way, or you don’t come, my friend. It is nonsense to think that because God is love, everything will work out all right and everyone will ultimately go to heaven. It is going to work out all right because the lost are going to a lost eternity, and the saved are going to a saved eternity—that’s the reason things are going to work out all right. Are they going to work out all right for you? They will, if you come God’s way—this is tremendously important. 1
Loving Him
It is time to embrace His life saving love for you. It is time to thank Him for being your substitute on the Cross. It is time to serve Him with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength. It is time to live whole heartedly for Him.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. John 15:16
Loving Others
The reality of real love is found in the One who loved you and died for you. – TWEET IT
Changing Me
Lord, thank You for taking my place on the cross, and dying my death, so I could live forever with You.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (1 John) (electronic ed., Vol. 56, p. 130). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
