The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in 1 John 4:10,
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“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!
The atoning sacrifice is what makes provision for everything to be "right", for everything to be "good" 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!
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!
The atoning sacrifice is what makes provision for everything to be "right", for everything to be "good" 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 what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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