“And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love, dwells in God, and God in him.”
I am returning to my favorite theme for this article. I was thinking about God’s love recently and I want to share with you my thoughts on God's profound love. God’s love is unconditional. This does not say that God approves of everything that we do. It does mean that we do not have to earn God’s love. This is because love is the very nature of God. Our text says that “God is love.” This is an important fact for people to know, because there are many people who do not think that God loves them because of the way they are living. They know that they do not deserve God’s love. Even those of us who know that God loves us, know that we do not deserve His love. We accept that God loves us by faith. Take it on faith that God’s love for you is unconditional. God’s love is sacrificial. You probably know what the text will be for this point: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” That is the eternal definition of God’s sacrificial love. 2 Corinthians 5:21 shares this profound truth: “For (God) has made (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." When Jesus was on the cross, God the Father’s wrath was poured out on Him. He received the wrath that should be ours. When we accept Christ by faith as our Savior, Jesus has already received the wrath that should be ours. This is the good news of the gospel. It is important for you to know that God’s love for you is sacrificial, i.e., that Christ died and rose for you. God’s love is disciplining love. By faith in Jesus, we are invited into the love that will never end. God loves us so much that He will discipline us when we stray from His truth. I know that I have received this discipline and have been glad to get it to straighten me out. Hebrews 12:6 tells us: “For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourged every son whom He receives.” Hebrews 12:11 gives us the result of that chastening: “Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” God’s discipline is proof that God loves us unconditionally and sacrificially. Those of us who have received God’s discipline know that is always for our good. If He didn’t love us, God would not discipline us. These are my thoughts on God’s love today. I hope that you will either receive His love, or rejoice in His love. Amen Bro. Joe
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