“Do you know anything about the love of God?” Four different people were asked this question, and they gave four different answers.
The first, a young, hard-working man said, “I don't know what you're talking about! I've got to get going.”
The second, a young mother, said, “I don't know very much, but I'd like to know more.” The third, a young father, said, “I take my family to church.”
The fourth, a middle-aged lady shopkeeper said, with a look of joy on her face, “Oh, yes! I know Him, and I read the Bible every day!”
The first man didn't even want to think about God's love. The young mother wanted to know more. The young father must have thought God's love meant he had to do something to earn God's favor. The lady shopkeeper really knew about God's love and she acted like it!
What is your answer to the question?
To know God's love is to believe that He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, into this world to die on the cross so your sins could be forgiven. God's full love is seen at the cross where His Son was punished for sinners, so that those who accept Him as their Saviour would never have to be punished for their sins. But you have to admit that you are a sinner and believe that the Lord Jesus died for your sins as your substitute. If you have not done this, do it today while God is still offering to save you from your sins. Tomorrow may be too late.
ML-04/20/2008