A father once heard one of his little boys say to his brother,
“If you are naughty, father won’t love you!” His father called him, and said,
“My boy, you must never say that. It is not true.”
Is it not true father? Will you love us if we are naughty?”
“Yes,” said Ids father. “When you are good, I love you with a love that makes me glad; but when you are naughty, I love you; but it is with a love that makes me sorry.”
That is like God’s love. He loves the sinner, but it is a sad love, a love which longs to see the sinner different.