GOD KNOWS US AND LOVES US - "BETTER" - Romans 5:8

This is Namma for Christ with the forty-first inspirational message dated Saturday, October 26th, 2013.  The title of this message is, GOD KNOWS US AND LOVES US - "BETTER" - Romans 5:8.  The title of this message is taken from the below scripture from the New Testament book of Romans (NKJV):

Romans 5:8

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by RBC Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY BREAD".  Yesterday, I read the message for the day (dated Friday, October 25th) and found it to be so beautiful and inspiring, I wanted to share it with you (see the below message). RBC Ministries has the website of:  www.rbc.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. 

Our Daily Bread

Friday,
October 25, 2013

Loving And Knowing

Read: Romans 5:6-11

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8

In a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, one of the characters, speaking of New York’s Empire State Building, said, “I know this building because I love this building.”

That statement caused me to think about the relationship between love and knowledge. Whenever we love something, we want to know everything about it. When we love a place, we want to explore every inch of it. When we love a person, we want to know every detail of his or her life. We want to know what he likes, how she spends her time, where he grew up, who her friends are, what he believes. The list is endless. But some of us want to be loved without allowing ourselves to be known. We’re afraid that we won’t be loved if we are truly known.

We don’t have to worry about that with God. His love is far superior to ours: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). Furthermore, He makes Himself known to us. Through creation, Scripture, and Christ, God reveals His character and His love. Because God loves us in spite of our imperfections, we can safely confess our faults to Him. With God, we need not fear being known. That’s why to know God is to love Him. — Julie Ackerman Link

Be still and know that He is God
For pathways steep and rough,
Not what He brings, but what He is
Will always be enough. —Anon.

There is no greater joy than to know that God loves us.

The scripture, as taken from Romans 5:8, has always been one of my favorite verses because it tells of GOD'S GREAT LOVE FOR US.

This verse states that GOD "DEMONSTRATES" HIS OWN LOVE TOWARDS US...IN THAT WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS....CHRIST DIED FOR US!  IT WAS "NO GOOD" (WORKS) THAT WE'VE DONE, OR "EVER" COULD DO...TO EARN GOD'S GREAT LOVE TOWARDS US....THE BIBLE STATES IN ROMANS 3:23 & 24 - "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED, AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD;  BEING JUSTIFIED "FREELY" BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS."

IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS!

LOVE  IS ALL ABOUT JESUS!

GOD'S LOVE IS DEMONSTRATED  BY JESUS SHEDDING HIS BLOOD ON CALVARY'S CROSS FOR ALL OF US AND IN HOW JESUS' RESURRECTION OVER DEATH - FOR "ALL WHO BELIEVE IN HIM AND ACCEPT HIM AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR"!

TRUE LOVE IS ABOUT GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY FOR US!  TRUE LOVE IS ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US!  NEVER FORGET - GOD LOVES YOU!

GOD LOVES US SO MUCH THAT JOHN 3:16 (KJV) TELLS US OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US:

John 3:16

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

PLEASE ENJOY THE BELOW VIDEO AND SONG, "BETTER", PERFORMED BY TYE TRIBBETT:

(I do not own the rights to this song.)

BE BLESSED!