“Behold what a GREAT LOVE the Father has bestowed on us…”-{1 John 3:1}
He stoops down and seeing the child in its aftermath of birth, discarded, thrown out, cleans, washes and raises as His own and imparts all His love, and provides for the baby. Such is the beautiful love story initiated by God to a people He compares to a child discarded at birth.{Ezekiel 16:3-14}. God initiated a love story He “set His love”-{Deut 7:7-8} on a people, not because they were great but because He is great! And John continues on when he writes “Behold what a GREAT LOVE The Father has bestowed on us.”
IT’S A GREAT LOVE BECAUSE IT’S …
1. AN ETERNAL LOVE; – Eph 1:4-6 God’s love story is a GREAT LOVE story, that for the believers began not at their conversion but before the world began, “Even BEFORE He made the world, God LOVED US and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to ADOPT US INTO HIS OWN FAMILY by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace He has poured out on us who belong to His dear Son.”-{Eph 1:4-6 NLT}
2. AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE -“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”-{Rom 5:8}
3. AN UNENDING LOVE; –Rev 1:5 “to Him who Loves us{grammatically it is CONTINUOUS}… and the evidence “has FREED us from our sins”-{Rev 1:5.)
4. AN UNBREAKABLE LOVE;-{ Rom 8:37-39}. “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
5. A PERSONAL LOVE;- “…The Son of God loved me and gave Himself for me..” –{Gal 2:20}.And you are a recipient of A GREAT LOVE story…. That God “SO LOVED” you He gave His Son…that you should not perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE”-{John 3:16}.
6. AN UNEARNED LOVE; BECAUSE GOD HAS MADE US HIS CHILDREN;–“ See what a Great love the Father has given us that we should be called children of God and such we are.” –{1 John 3:1}.”has GIVEN” its a GIFT from God, not earned, merited, inherited but GIFTED!
This Love was INITIATED by God the FATHER, Executed by THE Son, Testified by the Spirit -“…The LOVE of God has been poured out in our heart through the Holy Spirit who has been GIVEN to us.” -{Read Rom 5:5}
God sought you out, lifting you from the mIre of sin, transferring you from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of His Beloved Son,{Read Col 1:13}. And bestowing upon you the honor, privilege as “child of God!”
He loved us KNOWING full well our rebellion and sinfulness and yet He chose before the foundation of the world to SET HIS LOVE upon us not for a moment or based on our performance but based solely on the performance of His Son and this love is “everlasting” -{Read Jer 31:3}. Saving us, Sustaining us, Transforming us, Assuring us, What an AMAZING LOVE…
THIS is the GREATEST OF ALL LOVE STORY’S… THE FATHER’S SPECIFIC LOVE FOR… YOU!
“See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God!“- 1 John 3:1- {Amplified Bible} …
A Good VERSE for YOU to MEDITATE upon..PRAISE HIM… and SHARE With OTHERS… this GREAT LOVE STORY! –🙂