The Love of God

“O the depth and the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to Him and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him and through him and to him are all things: to whom be glory forever. A-men’.” Roman’s 11:33-36

The love of God is the most powerful force in the universe. It is a force so powerful that it is able to save the human soul of a lost man or woman from the penalty of sin which a Holy God requires. We marvel at creation, at the stars and infinite galaxies that appear to exist beyond what human instruments can measure, but the most astonishing and miraculous truth man can ever discover is the love his creator has for him and the lengths to which He went to save his soul.

We are the apple of His eye, the crowning achievement of His creative work, and He loves us so much. He gave us life and placed man in a beautiful garden to care for the creation, the animals and the plants. But man rebelled against his creator, and went his own way. A Holy God’s loving heart was put to the ultimate test. Would He pay the incredible price his own holiness demanded. For His law decreed, ” the soul that sinneth shall surely die”. Man sinned against a Holy and infinite God and the payment for this act is eternal death. We have all inherited this sinful nature from the first man to ever live, Adam, and thus we have also inherited the judgement. God knew that He could save us, and only He. For He is the only one worthy to atone for the sin of the world. The spotless lamb of God must be sinless and without blemish. But why should a Holy God die for so wretched a people? His love, that is the only reason, his grest love for us. God loved us so much that He came to earth, in the person of Jesus Christ, and took upon himself the sin of the entire world, and chose to die on a Roman cross to atone for that sin. In so doing, He paid our sin debt, he took our punishment on the cross that we might be set free from the demands of His law. The gates of heaven are now open wide to all who believe on His Son, Jesus Christ, for forgiveness. It is the shed blood of the Son of God that makes this possible.

God is love. Never was this love so demonstrated than on the cross of calvary. What must you do to be saved? Saved from hell and the punishment of your sin? Believe on the name of the Son of God, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to save you. It’s simple, God made it so. Believe on Him. Trust in His mercy and His provision for you at the cross. You may have made many mistakes in life, we all have. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. But God in His great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in our sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast. ” Ephesians 2: 4-9. The love of God did that!