1 John 4:9-10 "In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 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." NKJV
Notice verse ten says that it was
not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son. This verse parallels with: John 3:16: "For God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life." NKJV
God's sacrificial love for us is far
beyond anything we could ever imagine. When the Apostle John said
that God showed His love by sending His Son, he was saying God showed His love
by meeting our greatest need - which God offered up His Son as a sacrifice for
our sins that we would be seen as holy and righteous in His eyes that we may
live with Him throughout eternity. He sees us united to His beloved
Son, clothed in His righteousness. He loves us, not because of anything
we've done, but because we are in Christ.
My friend, there is nothing that we can
do to deserve this love. God, before the foundation of the world chose to
send His Son to die for us. This was before the world was ever created,
God in His love made a plan to save a wretch like me, to save a wretch
like each and every one of us. Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. NKJV
Calvary is the one objective,
absolute, irrefutable proof of God's love for us.
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