John 3 v 16 tells us that God loves this world,that everyone in it,that's the scope if His love,it is so high you can't get over it,so wide you can't get round it,and so deep you can't get under it.we can't take it in, it is truly incomprehensible.This pinprick of a planet and all who exist here,why should God love any of us,the fact is we all are unworthy of His love,look at this world,we are tearing each other apart,there will never be peace in this world,why oh why,does He not wipe the slate clean,and why does He not turn His back on us?But the fact is He won't ,it was manifested in its fullness,when Chist came into this rotten place,and died a horrible death on Caalvary,it was a death with a purpose,it was love in it's fulness reaching out to a fallen humanity in all it brokenness,lostness,and guilt. F.M.Lehman wrote the following words.
'The love of God is greater far,than tongue or pen can ever tell:
It goes beyond the highest star,and reaches to the lowest hell:
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,and pardoned from his sin.
When hoary time shall pass away ,and thrones and kingsdoms fall;
When men who hear refuse to pray,on rocks and hills and muntains call;
God's love,so sure, shall still endure,all measureless and strong
Redeeming grace to Adam's race,the saints and angels song.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,and were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill,and every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above,would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,tho' stretched from sky to sky.
Oh love of God,how rich and pure !How measureless and strong! It shall for ever more endure
The saints and angels song
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