Alive with Christ
- COUPLES AND SINGLES NETWORK FOR CHRIST INITIATIVE
- Feb 7, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: May 26, 2024
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
“God loves you” is a wonderful thing to say, isn’t it? But these three words are easy to misunderstand. We can’t just look at the way humans love each other and then project that on to be God’s love. We need to look first at how God himself loves, and only then work out what that means from our love. Normally you love someone who is inherently lovable. But God didn’t love us because we were particularly lovely.
In today’s scripture, Paul uses the word “love”. But he doesn’t just say “God loves you”. He explains and spells out what that love means. Here we see that God’s love is related to his “mercy and grace”. These are fundamental to God’s love. God’s love is not about approving who we are and what we do. In fact, it’s the opposite. It’s a love that God showed us even though he didn’t approve of who we were or what we did; Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. Our state was “dead” Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in b Christ Jesus our Lord”. We were in a way cut off from the life of God and out of a relationship with him, deserving his wrath. And yet he loved us. How?
God showed his love in this way: he “made us alive in Christ”. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. This is what God’s love means. God has transformed our very identity. He hasn’t given us what we deserve, but instead, he has made us new people: people whose hope and life are set on Christ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”. Let’s not just say the words, but let’s use the rich and profound content that the Bible gives us to communicate what God’s love means. God’s love is shown in rescuing us, though we don’t deserve it. Halleluiah!
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, help us not to live sterile lives in Christ but to be useful in your kingdom shining forth with the light you have given us through your love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Rev. Isaac G. Y Bangalu Founder & CE Couples & Singles Network for Christ Initiative
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