Why does God love me so much? In many moments, we are overtaken by questions like this, and we want to know more about God and His infinite love. When we talk about God’s love for us, we think about who we were and who we are today, and we arrive at the key question of this Bible study: why does God love me?
When we speak about God’s love for human beings, we see a love so great, enveloping, and powerful. Even if we were to write a book here, we could not describe in it how great and powerful God’s love for man is.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16, NIV)
This verse brings teachings through which it becomes possible to understand why God loves me so much. John 3:16 reveals the heart and purpose of God toward humanity, teaching that God’s love is immense enough to encompass all people and the world.
God gives His only Son as a sacrifice on the cross for the sins that were ours, and the atonement for sins comes from the heart of God, who is exceedingly rich in love. Jesus Christ was in no way forced to make such a sacrifice, but He went to the ultimate consequences out of love for us.
It is worth highlighting here that, at the moment when Jesus is crucified, He says:
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34, NIV)
Through the great love of God, manifested through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, we believe that He exists and that He loves us. Here, believing includes three main elements:
- The conviction that Christ is truly the Son of God and the only Savior of the lost sinner.
- Communion with Christ through our self-submission, dedication, and obedience to Him.
- Full trust in Christ that He is able and also desires to lead the believer to final salvation and communion with God in heaven.
Perhaps you are saying: I don’t see the reason why God loves me like this! God’s love is manifested through Christ Jesus so that man would not perish. Here, when we speak of the word perish, we are not referring only to physical death, but to the dreadful reality of eternal punishment in hell.
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matthew 10:28, NIV)
The Word of God is saying that we should not fear those who kill only the body, for they cannot touch our soul. Instead, we should fear God, because He can destroy both soul and body in hell.
The Word of God teaches us that human existence does not end with death, but continues for all eternity, either in the presence of God or in the place of torment. Jesus teaches us that there is a place of eternal punishment for all those condemned for rejecting the plan of salvation.
We must keep in mind that God sent His only Son to die for us on the cross so that no one would perish. God does not desire that man go to hell, for everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Eternal life is a gift that God gives to man when he is born again, that is, when man raises his weary hands and accepts Jesus Christ as the only and sufficient Savior of his life. From that moment on, he decides to live something new.
Being born again means that if he stole, he steals no more; if he killed, he kills no more; if he prostituted himself, he prostitutes no more. Because now he is a new creature, he has abandoned the old practices and sins to live a life according to the will and desire of God.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20, NIV)
And perhaps you have come this far and asked yourself: I have failed, sinned, done wrong—why does God love me so much? The great reality is that God, at this exact moment, is not looking at the mistakes you have made up to now, but He wants and is very interested in how you will be from here onward.
In other words, the decision you make from this moment on—to leave the old man behind and live in newness of life—is from here that God wants to deal with you. God’s love is so great that, from this moment, He erases all your transgressions and begins to rewrite a new story.
When we decide to abandon our sins, recognize our mistakes, and return to God with humility, imploring His forgiveness and mercy, His grace reaches and transforms us. God is teaching us the way to reach the kingdom of heaven, and Jesus Christ is the only way.
For He Himself says:
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6, NIV)
