The Manifest Glory of God's Grace

But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Romans 5:8

The above verse is my favourite verse of all time. I believe it speaks abundantly of the His just, good and gracious attributes and it paints the perfect backdrop for knowing who we are in comparison that God should die for sinners like us. This is His own love that can’t be duplicated in any way! Paul gets to the end of Romans 8 and writes this amazing piece of literature that expresses the sheer nature of God’s love, captivating and inseparable love!

For I am persuaded that not even death or life,
angels or rulers,
things present or things to come, hostile powers,
³⁹ height or depth, or any other created thing
will have the power to separate us
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord! Romans 8:38-39

I could just imagine that Paul had tears of joy when reciting this to his friend Tertius who penned the Romans epistle! And who wouldn’t? What Christian would not be captivated by the grace and love of our Lord? That He should die for sinners like us and hold us ever so close in the sovereignty of His care? That He should keep us pure and blameless so that we will have the greatest confidence approaching the holy throne of God, knowing that our lives have been secured in what Christ has done?

There is nothing that can separate us! Not a single solitary thing in the physical and the spiritual realms! Even our sin has no power to keep us away from the love of God, but in that we sin, we cling back to Him praying for his mercy! And so when we reflect the living God who manifest perfectly the greatest act of love this world has ever known, we can only ask “why me Lord? Why would you save someone like me?” And the only answer we know is that He is good to save, and we know from Paul’s example that God’s grace knows no boundaries! (1Timothy 1:15-17) He is the magnificent holy God, righteous, just and He is good. That God would still be loving had He not saved any one of us, but since our cups are overflowing with the grace of God. Let us cling back to Him each day, remembering that there was nothing in us deserving of His grace and mercy. Let us never forget these precious things, but instead we should increasingly devote our lives and our time in sharing the gospel in hope that others may know these glorious attributes of our lord and saviour. Amen!