“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
This verse makes me think of some individuals in my life who would give the shirt off of their back to help someone in need and I feel fortunate to have had these people in my life. They were demonstrating the love that God wants us to show to each other. He wants us to be merciful and graceful to each other, to help each other.
However, I am not sure that the individuals I am thinking of would go to the length that Jesus went to. While we were still at war with God, Jesus was willing to be crucified on the cross so that when we accept Jesus’s gift, we are considered justified and no longer guilty and we will not be condemned. He did that while we, the human race, were not listening to Him, not following His guidance, not loving Him.
God loves us that much. He didn’t have to send His Son and Jesus didn’t have to allow the crucifixion to happen, but He did. He did it for each one of us, so that when we believe in Him with our hearts and confess with our mouths, we are saved. As we go about our day today, I pray that each one of us shows Jesus how much we love Him by doing for others because we know what Jesus has done for us.