God Loves Us Uniquely

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8

Many of us remember the song, “Jesus Loves Me.” If you remember the song you know that famous line, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” I want to change that slightly and give you a different sentence. Here it is, “God loves me, this I know, for the cross shows me so.”

In a book called “Romans,” an apostle named Paul wrote down one of the most incredible sentences in the entire Bible which forever puts to rest the question as to whether or not God loves us.

God’s love is not just a “say-so” love. It is a “show-so” love. I can say with 100% confidence, “Yes, God loves us,” and for the next couple of days, we’re going to look at three reasons why we can be confident in that truth. Let’s look at the first reason now and then tomorrow we’ll look at two more.

The first reason we can know God loves us is because the cross demonstrates that God loves us uniquely. True love doesn’t just say, “I love you.” True love is always visibly expressed. It is always tangibly demonstrated. Jesus Christ hanging on the cross is God’s love for everyone to see. The cross tells us loud and clear that God loves you like nobody else loves you.

The love of a mother for a child, the love of a husband for a wife, or the love of a child for a parent doesn’t compare to the love that God has for us. There are broken-hearted young men and women around the world today who cry themselves to sleep because someone once said these words to them, “I don’t love you anymore.” God is the one being that can never say that and will never say it. The cross demonstrates that God loves us uniquely.

Dear Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for me. Thank you for loving me to the point of death. Help me to rest in your love and remember that it will never fade away. In Jesus’ name, amen.