O Love of God, How Strong and True, Part IV

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

We read Thee best in Him who came
To bear for us the cross of shame;
Sent by the Father from on high,
Our life to live, our death to die.

Indeed, we read God's love best by His amazing act of sending His only son to die in our place.

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

God sent His son to live on earth and die the death we deserved to die because of our sinfulness. Jesus was a sinless man who paid the price once and for all for our sin. We couldn't have done it on our own.

There is nothing we can do to make ourselves clean, whole, pure and righteous. We must believe by faith in Christ alone who gave His life to ensure our forgiveness and salvation.

God's love was sent to us through His son Jesus so that we might live forever through Him. His endless love covers our wretchedness and reconciles us to Him, hallelujah!

By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. I John 4:9-10

O Love of God, How Strong and True
Words by Horatio Bonar

O love of God, how strong and true!
Eternal, and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought,
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.

O love of God, how deep and great!
Far deeper than man’s deepest hate;
Self fed, self kindled, like the light,
Changeless, eternal, infinite.

O heavenly love, how precious still,
In days of weariness and ill,
In nights of pain and helplessness,
To heal, to comfort, and to bless!

O wide embracing, wondrous love!
We read thee in the sky above,
We read thee in the earth below,
In seas that swell, and streams that flow.

We read thee best in Him who came
To bear for us the cross of shame;
Sent by the Father from on high,
Our life to live, our death to die.

We read thy power to bless and save,
E’en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light,
We read the fullness of thy might.

O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in thee we rest
Forever safe, forever blest.