Does God Love You?
“He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:8-10 WEB)
There is only one reliable way to know that God loves you.
When you receive a pay raise at work, that is not the proof that He loves you.
If you come down with a flu, that is not proof that He does not love you or is angry with you.
All these different ‘happenings’ are not how we measure God’s love for us.
The apostle John wrote the correct answer clearly for our benefit: “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
If you want to know that God loves you, just look at what He did for you at the cross.
God delivered up Jesus His only begotten Son, placed all your sins upon Him, and punished Him in your place.
God loves you so much that He does not want you to bear the punishment for sin. Jesus endured God’s wrath so that we who believe that Jesus is Lord are spared from punishment.
This truth will never change.
So on good days and bad days, you can lean on God’s love for you that never decreases.
God’s love is at the same level of intensity for all of us since the proof is the same. Jesus died for everyone’s sins.
Yes, everyone. Including the worst sinners that people deem unworthy of being saved.
This means that we don’t need to be jealous of one another. Comparison is toxic. God loves you just as much as He loves me. If you have faith in His word, you will experience the fulfillments of His promises.
“What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:31-32 WEB)
Just visualize what happened at the cross and you can say, “Yes, this is how I know that God is loving and gracious towards me—because He delivered up His precious Son for me.”
If God did not withhold His best from you, then He will not deprive you of any good thing. Just as you got saved through faith, also receive good things through faith. That is the way under the New Covenant of Grace!
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