“Through Christ’s death and resurrection the Father found a way to both satisfy His justice and show mercy toward those whom He loved.

What a terrible price!  In order to pay for man’s sin, God had to offer up His own perfect son as a substitute.  In essence, God traded His beloved son for us.

To those of us with children, this thought is almost unimaginable!  We might give our own life for a noble cause or to save the life of a friend, but there is nothing on earth that could motivate us to sacrifice the life of a child.  There is no cause great enough, no person good enough, and no reason worthy enough for the lives of our children!

The confusion is compounded further when we consider who God gave up His Son to save.  Mankind was certainly not worthy of such a sacrifice.  In fact, many people never even appreciate the enormity of God’s love that He would give His only Son.

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  Romans 5:6-8

The greatest of gifts was sent to a world which would reject it, to save a people who didn’t want or appreciate it, into the hands of a generation who would attempt to destroy it!  Isn’t it amazing?  Could love ever be so great as that of God for mankind?”

This excerpt was taken from my short book, “I Want to Draw Closer to God, But I Don’t Know Where to Begin.”  It can be downloaded and read on any Kindle app for $.99 cents at