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Christ Loved Us Before We Loved Him

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This from J.C. Ryle:

The love of Christ to sinners is the very essence and marrow of the Gospel. That He should love us at all, and care for our souls, — that He should love us before we love Him, or even know anything about Him, — that He should love us so much as to come into the world to save us, to take our nature on Him, bear our sins, and die for us on the cross, — all this is wonderful indeed! It is a kind of love to which there is nothing like among men. The narrow selfishness of human nature cannot fully comprehend it. It is one of those things which even the angels of God ‘desire to look into’ [I Peter 1:12]. It is a truth which Christian preachers and teachers should proclaim incessantly, and never be weary of proclaiming.

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Mark Cooke said in June 22nd, 2010 at 7:28 am

Gotta love J.C.!

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elisa p said in June 22nd, 2010 at 10:21 am

Definitely something worth cheering about! :)

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elisa p said in June 22nd, 2010 at 10:23 am

Definitely worthy of a cheer! : )