Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners,Christ died for us".
Here we have God's unbelievable love and the great depth of Justification.This passage also gives one of the clearest definitions of God's agape love. It actuall shows the meaning of agape love. It is a new kind of love a love unknown to mankind. It is a godly love,a sacrificial love,a love that gives itself for those without strength,for the ungodly, for sinners, and for the enemies of God. It's an unbelievable love.
God's great love is seen in this unbelievable act. We were without strength; we were weak, worthless, useless, helpless, hopeless, destitute,powerless, we were spiritually unable to help ourselves.We were ungodly, not like God, different from God, profane, having a different lifestyle than God. We were on our way to Hell in a hurry, and in due time, in God's time, He sent His Son to die for us.See mankind had to be prepared for Christ before God could send Him into the world. We had to know that we were sinners in need of salvation. Even now we must come to the realization that we are lost before we will began to look to be saved. Christ died for us, for our benifit, because of our sins. Christ didn't died for those who were righteous or holy, but God commended His love toward us that while we were yet sinner, still in sin, enemies to God, Christ died for us.
It is impossible for the carnal mind to fully comprehend all that God did for man to reconciled him back to his creator. So Jesus told us to only believe. Let us take God at His word and accept on faith this unbelievable love He has given us. Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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