"Why does God love us?"

This short question is among the deepest that has ever been made and no human being would be capable enough to answer it. However, one thing is certain. God does not love us because we are adorable or because we deserve his love. On the contrary, the opposite is true. The state of humanity since the fall is rebellion and disobedience. Jeremiah 17: 9 describes the inner condition of man: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Our inner being is so damaged by sin that we do not even realize how much sin has contaminated us. In our natural state, we do not seek God, we do not love God and we do not want God. Romans 3: 10-12 clearly presents the state of the natural, unregenerate person: "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. they made useless, there is no one who does good, there is not even one. " So how is it possible for a holy, just and perfect God to love such creatures? To understand this we must understand something of the nature and character of God.

1 John 4: 8 and 16 tell us that "God is love." A statement like this was never more important-God is love. This is a profound statement. God does not only love; He is love. Its nature and essence are love. Love pervades your own being and fills all your other attributes, including your anger and anger. Since God in his nature is love, He must prove it, just as he must demonstrate all his attributes, since in this way He is glorified. Glorifying God is the highest, the best and the noblest of all acts. Naturally, glorifying oneself is what He must do, because He is the greatest, the best and deserves all the glory.

Since God's essential nature is to love, He shows his love by giving it to people who do not deserve it, who are in rebellion against Him. God's love is not a cloying, sentimental or romantic feeling. Rather, it is agape love, the love of self-sacrifice. He demonstrated this sacrificial love, sending his Son to the cross to pay the penalty for our sins (1 John 4:10), drawing us to himself (John 6:44), forgiving our rebellion against Him, and sending His Spirit Holy to dwell in us and in this way we can love as He loves. He did this even though we did not deserve it. "But God shows his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5: 8).

The love of God is personal. He knows each of us individually and loves us personally. His love is a very great love that has no beginning or end. It is this experience of God's love that distinguishes Christianity from all other religions. Why does God love us? It's what He is: "God is love"