THINK VICTORY! HIS LOVE KNOWS NO LIMITS

HIS LOVE KNOWS NO LIMITS

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).

In the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), Jesus describes the relationship between a father and his son. The boy is selfish, egotistical, and boldly asks for his share of his father's inheritance. The boy spent his entire inheritance on sinful pleasures in just a short period of time. Then Jesus says the prodigal son ended up feeding hogs.

Why did Jesus describe this young man in such a terrible fashion? It's because He was trying to show that there was nothing left that this boy had to offer his father to move him to forgive and accept him. The son had completely blown it.

But when all hope seemed to be gone, Jesus put a surprise ending on this story that shocked the Pharisees. He says, while the prodigal son is sitting in the pigpen and starving to death, he thinks about his father and decides to return home. He doesn't attempt to clean himself up. He comes to his father dirty, ashamed, embarrassed, knowing that he has no right to be there.

The Pharisees would have thought it right for the father not to pay any attention to this wayward, rebellious son. He had gone his own way and blown it. Now he deserved to be kicked out of the family and punished. But Jesus surprised them and taught that our heavenly Father's love has no limits.

Jesus' point is clear. A man or a woman cannot go so far that God's love and forgiveness are no longer offered. You must realize that regardless of what you have done, you have not stretched God beyond His limits. His love for you knows no boundaries. He has already dealt with your sin 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ died on the cross. If you will come to God and receive His forgiveness, He will love you, forgive you and embrace you.

The Apostle Paul firmly declares, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). Dr. John Ankerberg
Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 19-21; John 8:1-27

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Great quote: It makes a great difference in our feeling towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference in their feelings towards us if they know that we are in the habit of praying for them. There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love. Charles H. Brent