Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Sacrificial Love "This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church" (Ephesians 5:32 NKJV). Of all the pictures God could have chosen to show His love for the world, and of all of the pictures God could have chosen to show how much His church loves Him, He chose marriage. How do we know this? Because God says to husbands, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her" (Ephesians 5:25 NKJV). And He says to wives, "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord" (verse 22 NKJV). Essentially the Lord is saying: "Hey, Planet Earth, do you want to know how much I love My people? Check out the way that Christian husband loves His wife. That's what it's like. And do you want to know how much My church loves Me? Look at the way that wife loves her husband. That's how much my church loves Me." Our love for God is a response to God's love for us. The Bible says, "We love Him because He first loved us" (1 John 4:19 NKJV). Despite our sinfulness, wickedness, and shortcomings, despite all the horrible things we've done, God loves us. And His love wins us over. |
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