"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."
(1 John 4:10)
Thousands of cars are stolen every year in California, but in 1981, there was one car theft that made all the local papers and was the lead story on the evening news. The police had issued an APB, an all-points bulletin to find the missing car and to make contact with the person who stole it.
Why was this car theft getting so much attention?
The owner of the stolen car had informed the police that on the front seat of the car was a box of crackers laced with a deadly poison. The car owner had planned to use the crackers as rat bait. So the police were desperately trying to find the thief…not to punish him, but to save his life. They were afraid he would eat one of the crackers and die.
Just like this car thief, we have broken God's law. God is hot on our trail…not to punish us or condemn us…but to save us.
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)
God desires all to repent and be saved. He wants none to die without Him, so He pursues us, even when we turn from Him and run.
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins." (1 John 4:10)
Vern
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