The truth behind God’s love

“We love Him, because He first loved us.” God loved us when we were still His enemies because of sin. We were in a fallen state that kept us alienated from God, spiritually dead to Him. To be spiritually dead to God puts us on course for eternal damnation. Justice must be satisfied because God is still the God of justice. His love for us must be balanced with justice. Free will beings must have a governor that keeps us in line. The sin nature had been working in mankind for so many years since Adam and Eve dropped the ball. We have become so accustomed to living in sin, we think it’s normal. That’s why we are admonished to renew our minds with the word of God. Reprogramming our way of life is a must. How can we love God in that selfish state of existence. Once we’ve gained the knowledge of what God did for us at Calvary to correct things, how can you not love Him. You don’t love Him because you don’t know Him, you don’t know Him because you haven’t put the time in to seek Him. The Lord has made a way of escape from the sin nature that still is at work in our bodies. The only thing changed at the new birth is our human spirits. We must bring our bodies into subjection to His word. God says, I love you, you say I love you more, and He says, I loved you first.