"That the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me." This is one clause of our Saviour's prayer to the Father, just before His betrayal. What a precious truth it teaches! That God loves us just as He loves His only-begotten Son. Is it difficult to believe this? We have only to remember that "God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." If He had loved us less than He loved the Son, He would not have given the Son for our redemption. Why did He so love us? He answers: "I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine Own sake." And what will His love accomplish for us? Again He says: "I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir."