GOD’S GREAT LOVE FOR US
Jesus Himself said,
“For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life.”
(John 3:16)
So many people do not fully appreciate
God’s incredible love for them
If they did:
- So many more unbelievers would come to faith in
Jesus Christ, and
- So many more believers would
i) completely trust the Lord in all circumstances
ii) enjoy greater security in their relationship
with the Lord, and
iii) would live whole heartedly for the Lord
What Jesus went through in laying down His life
as a ransom for lost sinners on the cross at
Calvary, demonstrated how much God wants to
have a relationship with all people
The Apostle Paul wrote,
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for
us, that we might become the righteousness of
God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
The Apostle Paul fully appreciated what Christ
had done for him on the cross and the incredible
grace and mercy of God towards him
The Apostle Paul wrote,
“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me,
because He counted me faithful, putting me into the
ministry, although I was formerly a blasphemer, a
persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy
because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of
our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love
which are in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.”
(1 Timothy 1:12-15)
God’s love does not however overrule His justice.
Because GOD IS PERFECTLY JUST HE MUST ALSO PUNISH SIN.
For this reason it is crucial for all people to personally accept
God’s offer of forgiveness and eternal life through repentance
and faith in Jesus Christ. Only Jesus Christ can save us from
our sins. (Acts 4:12)
Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins in full on the cross
at Calvary. But we all have a choice whether to receive Him
into our hearts and lives to be our Lord
and Saviour, or to reject Him.
For those people who reject Jesus Christ
and His offer of forgiveness and eternal
life, they will one day be accountable for their own sins.
This is made very clear in the book of Revelation.
“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from
whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there
was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and
great, standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the
dead were judged according to their works, by the things
written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it,
and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in
them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is
the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book
of Life was cast into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:11-15)
Jesus Christ bled and died on the cross at
Calvary for our sins that we may escape
this judgement. What grace and mercy God
desires to extend to every person
It is only through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ
that we can be saved and forgiven of our sins. The bible
also makes it clear that we have all sinned and that
there is none righteous, no not one. (Romans 3:23)
(Romans 3:10) (Jeremiah 17:9)
God wants to save all people but we all have a
choice to make in life, either to receive Jesus Christ
as our Lord and Saviour or to reject Him
Jesus LOVES all people equally and will never
reject any person that comes to Him.
• There is joy in heaven when even one sinner repents
and believes in Christ (Luke 15:7 & 10)
• The bible makes it clear that God’s desire is that
none would perish. God loves all people (2 Peter 3:9)
• Whoever calls on the Name of the LORD shall be
saved (Acts 2:21)
• This is God’s heart that all would come to Christ and
receive the gift of eternal life (John 3:16)
Today you can receive God’s offer of
forgiveness and eternal life by saying
the following prayer:
Father God today I confess that I have sinned against
You. Today I choose to repent of my sins and to follow
Your plan for my life. I believe that Jesus Christ died
on the cross to pay the penalty for all of my sins and
that He arose from the dead three days later.
Today I invite You Jesus Christ to come into my heart
and life to be my Lord and Saviour and best friend
from this day on. Amen
When we give our life to Jesus
we have peace with God and
are eternally secure in His love
The Apostle Paul made this very clear
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through
whom also we have access by faith into this grace in
which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.” (Romans 5:1-2)
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”
(Romans 5:8-9)
The Apostle Paul also wrote,
“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor
things present nor things to come, nor height nor
depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able
to separate us from the love of God which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)
As believers we are part of God’s family
and secure in His love
For the rest of this message I want to share what
the bible says in relation to how much God loves
us and how faithful He is, so that we can gain a
greater understanding of just how loving and
good He is to those who believe in Him. We can
trust God in every area of our life.
Knowing God’s great love for us and his absolute
faithfulness is crucial to living an ongoing
victorious and overcoming life as a believer
I will now look at just eight of the many reasons
why we can be so secure and free in our
relationship with the Lord and why we can live a
life of great purpose and meaning as a believer
King David wrote,
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His
benefits:” (Psalm 103:2)
It is so important that as Christians we have a
clear understanding of God’s great love for us
and His many benefits.
1) God’s continual faithfulness
King David wrote,
“Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the
land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight
yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give
you the desires of your heart. Commit your
way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He
shall bring it to pass.” (Psalm 37:3-5)
This does not however exempt us from
trials and challenges in life
In the book of Genesis we see
how Joseph had a dream of greatness when 17
“Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers;
and they hated him even more. So he said to them,
“Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: “There
we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my
sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your
sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
(Genesis 37:5-7)
“Then he dreamed still another dream and told it
to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed
another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon,
and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
(Genesis 37:9)
Joseph then went through 13 years of
great trials and disappointments
• He was thrown in a pit initially by his brothers to die
• He was then sold into slavery by his jealous brothers
• Then thrown in prison for many years after fleeing the
advances of Potiphar’s wife
• Was forgotten by the chief butler after Joseph had
interpreted his dream in prison
• But Joseph always remained faithful to God
But in God’s timing the dream came to
pass and Joseph was promoted from the
prison to the palace in one day
After interpreting Pharaoh’s
dreams we see Joseph being promoted:
“Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has
shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and
wise as you. You shall be over my house, and all my
people shall be ruled according to your word; only in
regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
(Genesis 41:39-40)
2) God’s great mercy
The Apostle Paul wrote,
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great
love with which He loved us,” (Ephesians 2:4)
King David wrote,
“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is
good to all, and His tender mercies are over all
His works.” (Psalm 145:8-9)
In the book of Lamentations we read,
“Through the LORD’s mercies we are not
consumed, Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning; Great is Your
faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)
3) God can identify with our struggles
In the book of Hebrews we read,
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who
has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of
God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not
have a High Priest who cannot sympathise with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are,
yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16)
4) God cares about our every single
need in life
Jesus Himself said,
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we
eat?’ Or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we
wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles
seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you
need all these things. But seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:31-33)
5) God’s compassion for us at all times
We see the compassion of Jesus in the gospels
In the gospel of Matthew we read,
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people.”
“But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with
compassion for them, because they were weary and
scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.”
(Matthew 9:35-36)
6) God’s desire is that our lives would bear
much fruit - That our lives would make a
great difference in this world for eternity
Jesus Himself said,
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and
appointed you that you should go and bear fruit,
and that your fruit should remain, that whatever
you ask the Father in My name He may give you.”
(John 15:16)
7) For with God nothing will be impossible
(No situation is ever impossible for God – When we
involve God in our struggles He is able to help us)
The Angel Gabriel said to Mary the mother of Jesus,
“For with God nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37)
Jesus Himself said,
“Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you,
whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be
cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things he says will be done,
he will have whatever he says.”
“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask
when you pray, believe that you receive them, and
you will have them.” (Mark 11:22-24)
As Christians our heavenly Father knows what
we have need of even before we ask Him for
help. We can depend on God’s faithfulness.
God is both willing and able to help us in life
The word of the LORD came to the Prophet
Jeremiah in prison, “Call to Me, and I will answer
you, and show you great and mighty things, which
you do not know.” (Jeremiah 33:3)
If we have need of wisdom and guidance in
life we can be assured that God will help us
In the book of James we read,
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
and it will be given to him.” (James 1:5)
8) For believers the best is yet to
come (An eternal home with Jesus)
Jesus Himself said,
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many
mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I
go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again and receive you to
Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”
(John 14:1-3)
So in conclusion we can walk in victory as
believers secure in our relationship with
the Lord because God loves us with a
passion and is absolutely faithful.
As we continually trust the LORD in
every area of our life we can be assured
that all that He has planned for our life
will come to pass.
I will finish with Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on
your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge
Him, And He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)