1 John 4:9 (NLT)
9 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. 10 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.
9 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. 10 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.
In this verse we see the depths of God’s love for man.
God loved us so much that He sent His son Jesus Christ to atone for our sin.
His love was so great He was willing to allow Jesus to be sacrificed to take
away the sins of man.
Most of us know The Bible story of Moses parting the Red
Sea so that the Israelites were able to safely retreat from the Egyptians
across the dry sea bed. The Egyptians who were out to kill them were destroyed as
the sea closed in on them. There is a Hasidic fable that tells of a great
celebration in heaven after the Israelites are delivered from the Egyptians at
the Red Sea and the Egyptian armies are drowned. The angels are cheering and
dancing. Everyone in heaven is full of joy. Then one of the angels asks the
archangel Michael, "Where is God? Why isn't God here celebrating?" Michael
answers, "God is not here because he is off by himself weeping. You see,
many thousands were drowned today."
For God so loved the world, not just a few, or some, or
one, but the entire world that He gave His Son Jesus Christ so that everyone
who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. God loves every
person in this world and weeps over those who reject Him and perish because of
their choices.
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