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Introduction
Greetings...
There are few things in this world more certain than the love of God for man, though people ignore it or flat out deny it, there is no doubt concerning God’s precious love.
The great apostle of love John was inspired to write in , “God is love.”
Though this fact remains recognized I’m not sure it is fully accepted or realized in it’s entirety.
To really appreciate God’s great and amazing love we must first understand and be appalled at man’s lack of love.
Today we are going to examine “God’s Love For Man In Sin.”
Sin is counter to God in every way, as it is literally breaking God’s law and thus love for us.
To get a better idea of God’s love for His creation let’s begin by examining something not so fun...
Man In Sin
Adam & Eve
In six days God created the universe and rested on the seventh day.
In that universe He created the earth for mankind to dwell and it was perfect in every way.
In that perfect earth God created a special garden in “Eden” wherein He placed Adam and eventually created Eve where the two could not only live but grow as a family ().
This garden was a place where God and man could literally “walk and talk” ().
However, the very first man and woman lusted for more and desired sin more than righteousness.
Gen 3:
There was literally nothing more perfect the Creator could have done for His creation than He did and man still turned from God’s love.
The great flood
Roughly 1600 years after God created the universe in six days the Bible reads...
In only 1600 years God had gone from saying at the end of the sixth day of creation “it is very good” to “it grieved him to his heart” but why?
Noah’s father, Lamech, died five years before the flood came and Noah’s grandfather Methuselah died in the flood.
Neither were righteous though both, no doubt, heard Noah’s preaching and both also were alive when Adam was alive.
Methuselah was 243 years old when Adam died and Lamech was 56 years old.
The Israelites
This “chosen people” were raised by God, taken care of by God, and loved by God.
Ezek 16:
They worshiped idols after witnessing God’s love for them miraculously and other wise over and over.
They worshiped idols after witnessing God’s miracles over and over again.
Ezekiel 16:15-
Their greatest king David, a man after God’s own heart, committed fornication and murder.
2 Sam 12:8-9
During the days of the Judges we read this sad tell concerning God’s people...
Judges
God’s creation with Creator on the earth.
You would think with “God in the flesh” things would change, creation would recognize Creator and all would be good.
During Jesus’ day God’s man had “every male child” 2 years old and younger was murdered simply because Jesus was born.
During Jesus’ day man not only wanted God in the flesh dead but murdered Him.
Mt 27:
During Jesus’ day man not only murdered God in the flesh but when they heard He had been resurrected they paid to silence the witness.
During Jesus’ day God’s creation killed the “only begotten Son of God.”
Summery
Man’s sin is so prolific and so abounding that God has prophetically declared...
Not only that mankind has become so accustom to sinning that even God has stated that we are able to be “inventors of evil.”
Rom 1:
And yet through all that and in all that “God still loves us!”
God’s Love For Man
God’s love for man isn’t based on our love for Him.
Simply put God’s nature is love, as we mentioned earlier (), and therefore it doesn’t matter how sinful we are or become God still loves us.
The great news is, no matter how sinful we have become and no matter how far down the path of unrighteousness we have traveled, God still loves us and desires for us to return to Him.
God’s love demands
Adam & Eve sinned yet God still loved them.
When Adam and Eve ate of the tree they should not have and sinned God still showed them love.
The wages of sin is death () and yet God offered them love.
God gave the promise of salvation from sin to those that first sinned.
All of mankind sinned yet God still loved them.
It might be hard to imagine but God showed His love for mankind with the flood.
Remember God was “sorry” He had created mankind because every soul except that of Noah was seeking unrighteousness.
Man was going to be destroyed
God cleansed the earth of sin and gave mankind another chance.
God demonstrated His love to Noah, his family, and all of mankind by showing His grace and mercy.
The Israelites sinned yet God still loved them.
The Israelites are the perfect example of God’s continued love for His creation.
Here is a people God took “special” care of.
Ezek 16:4-
Ezek 16:
As we noticed earlier this same “special people” turned their back on God committed fornication on Him with false gods and yet, we read that God still loves them.
Ezek 16:
Over and over again the Israelites turned away from God to follow their own lusts and over and over again God gave them opportunity to repent and return.
God’s love for man isn’t based on our love for God.
Simply put God’s nature is love, as we mentioned earlier (), and therefore it doesn’t matter how sinful we are or become God still loves us.
The great news is, no matter how sinful we have become and no matter how far down the path of unrighteousness we have traveled, God still loves us and desires for us to return to Him.
Summery
I think Jesus said it best to the Pharisee Nicodemus...
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” ().
Conclusion
God’s Love For Man In Sin is evident throughout the Bible.
In fact the Bible was written so that everyone could see God love for them.
It doesn’t matter how far down the rabbit hole of sin we have traveled, if we are willing, like the prodigal son, to “come to our senses” and return home God is waiting for you.
I’m reminded of what Augustine once wrote, “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” 1
Invitation
https://www.christianquotes.info/top-quotes/17-amazing-quotes-about-gods-love/
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