Thursday, June 22, 2017
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.
O HOW DEEP IS THE IMMEASURABLE LOVE OF GOD!
See the depth of God's love for you! See what God gives to reclaim you, to buy you back from death eternal. He gives His one and only Son from eternity. The Son whom He loves from forever the Father gives up for you and for me. And in order to do this He first gives Him to us-- permanently. At Bethlehem. The Son of God becomes the Son of Man as well in order to die for us. Indeed, the Son of God is the Son of Man still-- and will be forever. The Father gives His Son into the human family-- permanently, in order to make us part of His own family-- permanently.
"Whoever believes in Him will not perish." Will not be separated from God forever. "But will have eternal life," life with God forever. Like Adam and Eve had with God in the Garden before sin and its ugly power to separate entered in. The Father gave His Son who knew no sin to be sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21). To what depths will God go for you? How deep is God's love for you? As deep as hell! Literally. For that is what the Son of God suffered on His God-forsaken cross for you.
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 John 4:10).
