The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in 1 John 4:10,
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
John tells us the source of God’s love for us has nothing to do with anything we might have done or not done. He tells us that it wasn’t because we loved God that he sent his Son to pay the penalty for our sins but because of his love for us. Paul puts it this way, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us… For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!” Romans 5:8,10.
While we were God’s enemies he provided reconciliation for us with himself! While we were sinners, rebellious, going our own way he sent his Son, Jesus Christ to die for our sins! An “atoning sacrifice” is what makes everything “OK” between us and God! Out of his storehouse of love he reached out to us and provided us a way… “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17.
What a heart of love this is!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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