1 John 4:9-10 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world… I. THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND WAS AN ACT OF THE FREEST AND MOST UNMERITED GRACE. 1. God's designs of mercy could not arise from His thinking the constitution He had made with Adam as the representative of his posterity severe and unrighteous. 2. God was not moved to provide a Saviour for His creatures by any sense that His law was too strict in its demands. 3. The inability to perform his duty, which man contracted by his fall, did not render his case in the least more deserving of compassion. 4. God was not moved to this act of unmerited grace by any foreknowledge He had that mankind would receive it with thankfulness. II. THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND IS A FULL DEMONSTRATION OF THE UNBOUNDED LOVE OF THE DIVINE NATURE. (R. Walker.) Parallel Verses KJV: In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. |
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