“How Much God Loves Us”

 “How Much God Loves Us”

 

God showed how much He loved us by sending His One and Only Son into the world so we might have Eternal Life through Him.  This is REAL LOVE—not that we LOVED God, but that He LOVED us and sent His Son as a SACRIFICE to take away our sins.  1John 4:9-10

 

The month of February has been designated as the month of LOVE, at least in the United States of America.  And, as most people know, LOVE is celebrated on the fourteenth of this month.  And those who are linked by ROMANCE, show their LOVE by giving gifts of CANDY or FLOWERS, or maybe some other ROMANTIC ITEM. 

But there are those who do NOT participate in this tradition for various reasons.  Nevertheless, ALL of MANKIND, is LOVED by SOMEONE, and that SOMEONE is the One who CREATED THEM.  And will ONE DAY determine their ETERNAL DESTINATION. So, whether you receive FLOWERS, CANDY or some other reflection of someone’s affection OR you do not, you STILL have SOMEONE who LOVES YOU like NO-ONE else CAN.  And that SOMEONE IS GOD!!

God has shown us His LOVE and HOW MUCH He LOVES by GIVING us a GIFT that cannot be DUPLICATED, or MORE COSTLY than His.  But in order to EXPERIENCE GOD’S UNFAILING, EVERLASTING, ABUNDANT LOVE, you MUST HAVE a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with HIM, and  GOD is HOLY and RIGHTEOUS, MANKIND is NOT.  MANKIND is SINFUL, REBELLIOUS, and their HEARTS and MINDS are EVIL and DARK, GOD is NOT!!

So, the ONLY WAY to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD, is to have a PURE, CLEAN, RIGHTEOUS, SACRIFICE. So, God LOVED MANKIND SO MUCH that He desired to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the CROWN of His CREATION, MANKIND, and to DEMONSTRATE HIS EVERLASTING LOVE, for His CREATION.  He GAVE MANKIND a PRICELESS GIFT; a HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, SACRIFICIAL LAMB, which is His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Therefore, “God showed how much He loved US by sending His ONE and ONLY SON into the WORLD so that WE might have ETERNAL LIFE through Him.  This is REAL LOVE—NOT that WE LOVED GOD, but that HE LOVED US and SENT His SON as a SACRIFICE to TAKE AWAY OUR SINS.”

Now, in order to EXPERIENCE GOD’S LOVE, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that HE is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you before God.  YOU must CONFESS your SINS to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. And you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and EXPERIENCE GOD’S UNFAILING, EVERLASTING, ABUNDANT LOVE.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can!!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!