It has been said that βthe world is dying for the lack of a little bit of love.β When this statement is examined in the light of Scripture, however, it is found to be the exact opposite of the truth. Listen to what Godβs Word says about this:
βFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting lifeβ (John 3:16).
βGod commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for usβ (Rom 5:8).
βIn 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. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sinsβ (I John 4:9,10).
Many about us are dying in their sins, but not βfor the lack of a little bit of love.β It is rather because they reject the great love that God has manifested to us in His Son. We are told in John 1:10,11 that βHe was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.β This is the problem: men are rejecting His love. βAnd this is the condemnation,β says John, βthat light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than lightβ (John 3:19).
But while others reject Him, you may accept Him as your Savior and know the joy of sins forgiven and of everlasting life, for βas many as received Him, to them gave He the power [Lit., right] to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His nameβ (John 1:12).
βThe Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on Himβ (John 3:35,36). source
