The Love of God
John 3:16
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What is The Love of God?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
It can be hard sometimes for us to see the love of God, especially in a world that's so dark and corrupted. God demonstrates his love toward us everyday whether we realize it or not. God has made his love known to all humanity, through Jesus Christ. There is a very familiar passage of Scripture in fact it is so familiar that even those who do not read the Bible are aware of this portion of Scripture. The Scripture is John 3:16, which reads: for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have ever lasting life. This scripture may seem so common that is the reality of the truth slips away from the listener or reader. But there is so much reality in this passage of Scripture, so much profound truth can be found within its meaning. We should never get too comfortable reading God's Word that it goes into one ear and out the other. We should never get so comfortable or so familiar with God's Word that we treat it with contempt.God's Love for the Sinner
The first part of this passage for God so loved talks about how much love God shows towards humanity. The whole world of humanity is in sin, all Mankind are in a sinful state, according to the Scriptures. This can be found in Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Humanity as a whole are under the judgment of sin and death. This is due to the transgression of Adam and Eve, our first parents. Adam was the representative of all mankind and when Adam sinned, all humanity also sinned because all of humanity was within his loins. The Bible is very clear that the world of humanity is under the penalty of sin and as a result, man is eternally separated from God. |
| Our Relationship with God was destroyed by sin |
So when we look at the phrase for God so loved the world we must understand that God loves sinful humanity with a deep love. His love is so deep for sinful humanity that He decided to do something about their sinful state of being. This idea of God's love is not easily accepted by some because they have been programmed to believe that God hates them. You have some people out there who believe that God does not love sinners and that He hates the world(usually the religious hypocrites). Jesus was confronted with the same mindset in the scriptures. We can find this example in Mark 2:15-17: And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?” And hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” According to the Pharisees(the religious leaders) these men were low lives and looked down upon. They believed that anybody who wasn't apart of their religious affiliation were outside of the love of God. They were perverting the representation of God and His Love. The truth of the matter was that God LOVED ALL THE WORLD, YES, ESPECIALLY THE SINNERS. Jesus summed it up in His profound statement: “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” The world is sick and Christ, The Great Physician has come to administer his healing. Christ has come with the cure for the disease of sin.