Now That's Love!

I bet if I went around and asked each one of you what love was, I would get a bunch of different answers. What do you suppose the strongest and most genuine love in all the world is? Perhaps the love of a mother for her baby? Maybe the love between a husband and wife? How about the love a dog for his master? Could it even be our love for our wonderful, great God?
The Bible tells us that all human love pales in comparison to God’s love for us. 1 John 4:10 says, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” John says that the greatest love is not our love for God, but God’s love for us.
What makes God’s love for us so much greater than our love for anybody or anything else? Notice the end of the verse: it gives the reason why God’s love is so great. God’s love was demonstrated by action: he sent his own Son to be our Savior.
God did not just send his Son to earth to be a good teacher or example; he sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross, a death he did not deserve. What’s more, Jesus died in our place, enduring God’s righteous wrath against sin for us. He was our propitiation, completely satisfying the debt we owed for our sin.
What love God displayed by sending his Son! As John said in another very familiar verse, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
God’s love was displayed by his actions: he gave his Son. Is your professed love demonstrated by your life? If you claim to love God, is your love “fleshed out” in your life? If you are a Christian, you ought to love other Christians. How does your life look? True love always produces loving actions.