Ephesians 2:4 English Standard Version (ESV) But^[And] God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Before we continue let us pause for a moment and get back to passages visited recently without paying honor where honor is due. We had discussed faith at that time and it was important for the moment. Now it is time to take a pause in this study to given honor to God.

No one will ever love you more than the God who created you.

Love, God’s love is more than any earthly experience. It is difficult to fathom. Some will say to us, “If he loves us so much why doesn’t He show Himself?” He did and He does but He does it in a way that will not scare us or harm us.

Exodus 20:18 English Standard Version (ESV) Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off.

God wants to draw us into a close personal relationship. Seeing how fearful mankind can be He chose a better way to reveal Himself.

John 3:16a English Standard Version (ESV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son…

John 8:42 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.”

If we love the Father we will love the Son. If we know the Son, we know the Father.

Hebrews 1:3a English Standard Version (ESV) He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

To know just how much the Father and Son both love us it will take a lifetime of being loved to glimpse even a small portion of so great a love.

John 13:3 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

Hebrews 1:3 English Standard Version (ESV) He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

The right hand is both a seat of honor and power. Father God has turned everything and everybody over to Jesus Christ because Jesus was obedient unto death on the cross. Jesus is our free will offering for the forgiveness of all sin, for all mankind, forever.

We must accept that Jesus Christ is Lord so that we can put our faith in Him. He is God on the throne of heaven and the Lord of all life, to both the saved and the lost. It is only in accepting that as truth that we can submit ourselves to His lordship in order to be saved.

If man does not believe, he will not submit and his fate is sealed by his choice of unbelief.

John 3:18 English Standard Version (ESV) Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

John 14:6 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

This one verse alienates more unbelieving people than any other. They were already alienated, they just don’t respect that truth.

Speak the truth in love and let love lead the way.