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“What do you think?"
** God loves YOU! **
Date: 6/8/2018 6:58:51 PM ( 6 y ) ... viewed 895 times
Matthew 18:14
"Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish."
Matthew 18:12-14 (NKJV)
12 “What do you think?
If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?
13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
One of the greatest truths of the Bible and also one of the hardest to comprehend, is that we are the objects of God's love. God didn't just pity us or feel some sense of moral obligation to save us.
He saved us because of His infinite love for us
(John. 3:16).
God loves people. He even loves those who have gone astray. As Jesus said in a similar parable
(Lk. 15:7), "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."
Once we experience the life-changing power of Christ, there is a tendency to become harsh and impatient with others who continue to live their lives without Him. We sometimes forget that it was the love and goodness of God that brought us to repentance (Rom. 2:4), and we become condemning and judgmental toward the lost.
This is not the attitude that Jesus had, nor the attitude He wants us to have.
"Even when we were spiritually dead because of our sins, God's forbearance was working on our behalf. He was tolerant, patient and kind towards us.
God abounded in excessive proportion with good will, compassion, and desire to help us. His disposition was kind, compassionate, and forgiving in His treatment of us. He wanted in abundant supply to alleviate our distress and bring relief from our sins. He did this by giving us life in place of death.
It was with Christ that this salvation was secured. By grace, kindness, and favor we are saved. All of this was the result of God's extremely large degree of love wherewith He loved us, always seeking the welfare and betterment of us. God likes us"
(Eph. 2:4-5 paraphrased by ).
God loves YOU!
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