I'm thinking about God's love this morning in light of John 3:16-17. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (KJV).
Christ's mission was about God's love being communicated to the world.
Christ's coming was not about judgment, but about salvation. What could be more demonstrative of God's love for the world?
The world is broken. Everyone understands this intrinsically. Natural disasters are somehow unnatural. Kids should not die of disease. People should not be murdered. Families should not be ripped apart by divorce. If there is one thing that we all understand completely, without anyone explaining it to us, it is that the world is broken, shattered, ruined.
The Christian faith has the only logically consistent explanation of both the fact that the world is broken and how it can be made new. Christ came to make it new. He came to die for my sins. He came to die for your sins. He came in love.
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