Lesson 4

This is my favorite Scripture.  It is incredible that some don’t understand the depth of God’s Love.  This is the extent that God went to pursue us.  He sent Jesus.  “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.”  (John 3:17)  We can’t earn His Love.  We don’t deserve His Love. 

“…While we were yet sinners…”  I add also, while we were His enemies and sided with His enemy, satan.  Paul wrote about this: “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”  (Romans 5:10)

I can’t understand it.  In earthly terms, I can’t love someone who hates me.  But in spiritual terms, God loves us.  He initiated our relationship.  He sent Jesus to redeem us from the kingdom of darkness, controlled by satan, and literally “translated” us the Bible says, to the kingdom of His Dear Son, the kingdom of light, Truth, peace and joy when Jesus died for us and resurrected in power over death. 

Do not err though.  There are people in hell who the Lord loved.  But they refused to accept God’s amazing gift, salvation through Jesus.  There is only one way to be saved.  He is the only One Who could take the punishment and death for us so that we could be blameless and have eternal life.  We can’t earn it.  He loved us first.  We don’t deserve it.  That is His mercy.  And that is His Love.