"THE SON OF GOD GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." Every repentant believing sinner can say the same with Paul. And what was Paul before he wrote these words? A blasphemer, a persecutor, one who injured the church of God. And did Jesus love Paul? Yes: "He loved me." The love of Jesus is free, and not on account of anything in a man. The cause of love is in God, not in the object loved. You may have looked for some reason to conclude that God has loved you, but you would have been disappointed. The Lord says, "I will love them freely." When we were dead in sins, He quickened us, because He loved us; He revealed Jesus to us because He loved us; He has given us His Holy Spirit because He loved us. Whom once He loves He never leaves. Jesus loves us this morning with a free, infinite, and eternal love. He loves our persons, apart from our graces and acts; these are the effects of His love, and not strictly the objects of His love. O Holy Spirit! whisper to our hearts this morning, "Jesus loved thee, even thee." O to love Him in return! to love Him above health, wealth, comfort, yea, life itself! O to show forth the praises of His love by humility, faith, constancy, and zeal! We love Him becaue He first loved us.

For Meditation:
Great God, to Thy almighty love
What honours shall I raise?
Not all the ransomed saints above,
Can render equal praise:
Thy love to me surpasses thought!
O could I praise Thee as I ought!