1 John 4

Verse 10 –

Look at this love. Look how gracious God is to us. “Not that we loved God, but He loved us.” We didn’t even love God.” We didn’t even want Him. We did not understand. We didn’t even seek for Him (Romans 3:10-11). What grace does God have that He would even allow us to know Him; we who spurned Him? WE DID NOT LOVE GOD BUT HE LOVED US! This is so amazing. Not only did we not want Him, but we were dead in our trespasses in sin (Ephesians 2:1). We were the MOST WORTHLESS creature. Even all of creation praised God except for us. BUT GOD in His mercy gave His only son “to be the propitiation for our sins”; to take our sins so that we may know The Almighty. Even in our wicked estrangement, He graced us. His grace – in the form of His Son. His Son – in the form of our salvation.