GOD IS LOVE by William Brickey

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 26, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 42.

GOD IS LOVE.

By William Brickey

[By WM. BRICKEY, in Southern Watchman.]

"God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Rom. 5:8. There is nothing, either in the world or in the Bible, more conspicuous to the Christian than the love of God; but those who are of the world can not realize that God is love. The fact that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners—enemies—is set forth as a proof and a commendation of God's love to us. Indeed, it was absolutely necessary to our salvation that He should die for us while we were yet sinners; for we are not reconciled to God but by the death of His Son. If Christ had waited for us to become friends before He died for us, we were indeed lost; for the "carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Rom. 8:7. We talk about love for our neighbor or brother, but much of our love is a manifestation of selfish friendship. The love of Jesus is a love beyond our comprehension. No wonder the angels desire to look into it. Such a manifestation of love ought to melt our hard hearts, and call forth in response the best impulses of our nature. O, if we could only make the world believe the truthfulness of the statement that "God is love"!