No one loves humans the way God does. Although every
person born since Adam and Eve has at some point shown their ugly nature God
has continued to love humans for thousands of years. The Creator has shown His grace to humans in many
different situations in spite of our repulsive natural self. One beautiful
example of God’s love says “but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” The
Earth and its rainbows declare His love for humans.
Today the new covenant allows every person to find
God and put their name in place of Noah’s. Because God’s grace is freely
available we have a real opportunity to live in eternal glory. The Scriptures
say: In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory
by means of Christ Jesus. 1 Peter 5:10 (NLT). God loved us so much that He gave His Son to the human
race and now His life and death is a substitute for Christians.
When we
are living “in Jesus” a whole new life of grace is available to us. Every
Christian will grow to learn that we are actually becoming a part of God’s
grace. Paul mentions this in one of his letters. He said: … you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his
grace to you… Ephesians 3:2 (NLT). A Christian is allowed to extend the
grace of God to other people. Grace comes to us today through the Spirit.
Most of us
can understand that the only way we really love other people is with the help
of God’s Spirit. One writer said: …God
our Father, who loved us and by his
grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope… 2 Thessalonians 2:16 (NLT).
The Spirit has brought the love of God into our life which motivates us to want
to see others obtain His grace. The Spirit is the only one on earth that can
bring this great love into a person.
Knowing
that it is difficult for humans to love each other the Lord has given us new
covenant power. The Bible says: For we
know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill
our hearts with his love. Romans 5:5
(NLT). We can begin to feel real love as the Spirit brings the life of
Jesus into our own daily walk. This is a privilege that we should be ready to accept
into our daily walk with the Lord.
Therefore
a born-again Christian will learn to love other people. Paul said that one way
believers could prove their sincerity is by the love they have for people. The
Bible says: We prove ourselves by our
purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit
within us, and by our sincere love.
(for people) 2 Corinthians 6:6 (NLT).
Once again to repeat ourselves, this must happen through the Spirit in order to
please God.
Now it is
important for each of us to understand that God really loves us. When we begin
to see this fact, our life will become very different. We will look at others
with a new attitude because we are part of the loving family of God. The Bible
says: See how very much our Father loves
us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 (NLT).
John felt that teaching about the love God has for us was very important.
It is a
difficult subject for many of us, to have a good understanding of love. But the
Scripture declares: We know how much God
loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live
in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. 1 John
4:16-17 (NLT). Our ongoing faith must accept the fact that God loves us.
His love will somehow change our lives completely.
