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“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
We have seen that the heart of man in incurably wicked, and that nothing can change it. Before we are saved we are like the rotten eggs we talked about yesterday; everything inside is bad. But what a contrast is the heart of God! If the heart of man is bad, the heart of God is all goodness and love. The Bible shows us what the heart of God is like. God wants to have a relationship with us, and wants us to know Him. We cannot have a relationship with Him in our sins, but through the precious blood of Christ, our sins can be washed away, and we can be brought back, or reconciled, to God.
We do not learn to know God through our intellects; rather, we learn Him through our hearts and consciences. Through our hearts God reveals to us His heart of love, while through our consciences He reveals His holy nature. He could not have us in His presence in our sins, but His love found a way to bring us back to Himself, without going against His holy nature. The sufferings of Christ on the cross fully paid the penalty for sin, so that God could show His heart of love to us, and forgive our sins.
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