God so loved
Why did God do this? Why was God willing to lay it all on the line and send His only son Jesus to die for all humanity? After all, we turned our backs upon God. We even as humanity tortured and hung on the cross Jesus who came to save us! We bit the hand that was trying to feed us. But God knew this would happen, and and still chose to come. We’ve said continuously in our pride that we don't need Him. But it’s more evident than ever by the state of this world that we do need God.
God didn't want to be separated from those He loves? This separation wasn’t God’s choice, it wasn’t His decision, but ours. We made the choice to lie, to cheat, to steal, to kill, to commit sexual sins, to worship idols and creation instead of the Creator. These are sins we've done of our own free will, of our choosing. Evil always comes with a price however. Romans 3:23 says that the wages of sin (which we've all choose to commit) is death! We've done this to ourselves! In spite of our hopeless situation caused by our own hand, God's love overcame all obstacles to rescue us!
â€â€John‬ â€3:17-19‬ | â€NLT‬‬
“God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.”
​​
Our decision to sin, caused a series of a chain of events. You’ve heard of the theory of cause and effect? Sin isn’t the innocent act we would like to reason it to be.
There are things as laws. Gravity is a law. A plane may defy gravity for a brief time, but eventually when it runs out of fuel and gravity will take a hold. A criminal may remain at large for sometime after a crime, but justice is eventually served. We all know crimes must be punished. We would be crying injustice and protesting in the streets if law enforcement set free a known rapist or murderer.
We will all stand before God after this life and be held to account for our actions. We’ve all done things and have said things that we are ashamed of. We’ve all sinned. If we "love the darkness more than the light" and refuse God's salvation and forgiveness through Jesus, then we will stand before God in our unrighteousness and will be judged on OUR choices and actions.
But God’s great love has made a way of escape from the penalty of our sin. He sent Jesus. Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost, you and I. He came to die in our place, to pay the penalty for our sin. Do you understand the magnitude of this? God of all, humbled himself and came down from heaven, taking on the form of man in order to live as a man. The creator of the universe, the creator of mankind, became what He created to save you!
​
​
