Friday, April 2, 2021

See God's Love

What do you think when you see Christ crucified? Some may see a man dying for no good purpose. Others may have no opinion of Christ crucified. When a believer thinks of Christ hanging and suffering on the cross, he sees love dying for sinners. It is love so amazing, so divine. "But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners"(Romans 5:8, NLT).

How much does Jesus Christ love sinners? See His arms spread wide and nailed to the cross. He held nothing back. Great love paid the supreme price for sinners. He died in our place and for our sins. Great love paid the full price of the sinner's debt to God's justice. See God's great love at the cross of Jesus. Great love suffered the full penalty. Greater love than this can never be found anywhere else but at the cross of Jesus.

Great love never fails. Three days after love in Christ was crucified, the Spirit of God's love raised Him from the dead. Great love took away all of our sins and defeated death. Love's power conquered man's evil. It is love divine all love's excelling, God's love for sinners like you and me.

Still today, so many only see a man dying a meaningless death when they hear of Christ crucified. Not so with the believer. We see God's great love for us while we were yet sinners. What makes the difference? Simply this, God's great love flows from the cross to our hearts. "For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love" (Romans 5:5, NLT).