Gospel Reflections #350: God Surely Empathizes with Us

John 3:16 "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 he loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

God created us and declared war on Satan, the author of sin, to get us back when Adam sinned.

God knows that we are victims of sin and He is working everywhere to save us.

We have been given new life through Jesus' sacrifice and raised by the Holy Spirit, but we may only focus on our own inadequate deeds and lament over them.

Jesus bore all our sins.

Therefore, we do not need to focus on our imperfections. Our imperfections are not sins, but weaknesses affected by sin. When we notice them, we can bring them to Jesus and ask Him to bear them.

Jesus came to earth and gave his life for us so that none of us who believe in him would perish but have eternal life.

We are saved by Jesus. Being saved means that we are born again as God's children.

God never knows us until Jesus comes for us. No matter how bad we are, our performance does not determine whether we are God's children or not.

God's love is so extraordinary that it surpasses our thoughts and cannot be compared to anything else.

We are already being raised in that love!

This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San who lives in Hiroshima, Japan. She is a devoted student of the Bible who passionately embraces the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on the Gospels as a way to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through the Christ-centered approach of Biblical Reflections. We're sharing her message here so that you too can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel