“For God so loved”: Paul prayed that saint’s, being rooted and grounded in love, would be able to comprehend the width and length and depth and height of the love of God which far surpasses mere knowledge.(Eph. 3:17-19) To understand these four parameters that “size” God’s love we need look no further then John 3:16... God’s love yardstick... WIDTH: “For God so loved the world... He loves everyone, the breadth of His love is all inclusive... the good, the bad, and the ugly, and without prejudice to race, gender, religious preferences, social status, cultural bias... and the like. God’s love is totally inclusive totally integrated love. LENGTH: “That He gave His only begotten Son”: While we were yet in bondage, enslaved to sin... powerless to help ourselves, Christ died for the ungodly... us. The test of love is how far it will go. God demonstrated the length He will go to bestow His unrequited love on a stubborn, uncaring thoroughly repulsive hoard of misfits. The length of God’s love is infinite... as is the sacrifice He made in demonstration. DEPTH: “That whosoever believes in Him should not perish”: Life is not a test. We are born lost, foreordained to dead in our slavery to sin... but we have a choice. Whosoever believes in... trusts in... clings to... relies on Him, will not perish. This is the depth of God’s love... believers will not perish! HEIGHT: “But have everlasting life.” Eternal, never ending, forever life... does anyone know how long forever is? And not just life... but LIFE... with the eternal God in the place He has prepared: “In My Father’s house are many mansions ... I go to prepare a place for you ... No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” The God whose love surpasses knowledge has prepared a forever place for us that surpasses our comprehension... our brain isn’t big enough. Love doesn’t get any higher then this!
THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
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