Jesus Loves You More Than You Can Imagine

Here's a little song I was taught as a child. It has appeared in some 622 hymnbooks since its publication in the 1860s, so you may know it too:

Jesus loves me, this I know,
for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong;
they are weak, but he is strong.

❤ Jesus' Love For Us Cost Him Everything

The Bible describes the love Jesus has for us as infinite and divine. No mere human has ever fully comprehended Jesus's love for us. Another stanza in that same song says:

Jesus loves me he who died
heaven's gate to open wide.
He will wash away my sin,
let his little child come in.

This stanza echoes the message of Romans 5:8 (ESV), "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." His love for you and me cost Him everything. But why? 

​✝ Why Did Jesus die?

You and I have sinned against God. Sin is putting a "yes" where God put a "no" or putting a "no" where God put a "yes." We decided we knew better what was right for ourselves than God, and so we sort of made ourselves a kind of god. In sinning against the infinite God, we incurred the infinite penalty of death and being condemned to an eternity in hell to face the full, never-ending wrath of God.

"But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved--and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:4-10

There's a few dozen porterhouse steaks of substantial truth in that passage. So you will want to read it over and over. The bottom line is that Jesus loves you more than you can imagine. In dying on the cross, Jesus fulfilled the death sentence that we sinners deserved, and as full deity, He rose again from the grave. The instant you believe in Him (it is by grace through faith), He washes away your sin record, gives you new life, and secures your eternity with Him. 

I know - it's amazing and more than we can imagine. If God had not revealed it in His Word, the Bible, we would have never created such a narrative on our own. This news is not of human origin. 

Isn't it time you believed and accepted Jesus's love? If this post resonates with you, get in touch through this site. I want to help you find a local church to grow in your faith. And if you have some other feedback on this post, you can comment here or get in touch also. Never forget - Jesus loves you. He always has. And He always will.