For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
– Romans 5:6-8
Did God foresee faith in us when He saved us? No, Scripture is very clear. God loved us before the foundation of the world. God made us alive together with Christ while we were still dead in our sins. Christ didn’t die for the righteous but for sinners.
Remember, when we were outside of Christ we were not just innocent bystanders. We were opposed to God, enemies of God, sinners in every sense of the word. There was no reason that God should have saved us. There was no reason God should have loved us. Like the Hebrews in Egypt, the only reason that God loved us while we were sinners was because of His great love and His promise to save sinners.
That is the beauty of the cross. There, God showed us His love. Jesus demonstrated it, personally, by His death on the cross. It is mindboggling that God became man. It is beyond mindboggling that He became man in order to die for sinners who hated Him.
Not only opening our eyes to the knowledge of Him, God also opens our eyes to the knowledge of ourselves. He gives us a greater view of the depth of the love He has for us. The Son suffered the weight of the eternal wrath of God for us on the cross. What an incredible love He has!
While We Were Sinners
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
– Romans 5:6-8
Did God foresee faith in us when He saved us? No, Scripture is very clear. God loved us before the foundation of the world. God made us alive together with Christ while we were still dead in our sins. Christ didn’t die for the righteous but for sinners.
Remember, when we were outside of Christ we were not just innocent bystanders. We were opposed to God, enemies of God, sinners in every sense of the word. There was no reason that God should have saved us. There was no reason God should have loved us. Like the Hebrews in Egypt, the only reason that God loved us while we were sinners was because of His great love and His promise to save sinners.
That is the beauty of the cross. There, God showed us His love. Jesus demonstrated it, personally, by His death on the cross. It is mindboggling that God became man. It is beyond mindboggling that He became man in order to die for sinners who hated Him.
Not only opening our eyes to the knowledge of Him, God also opens our eyes to the knowledge of ourselves. He gives us a greater view of the depth of the love He has for us. The Son suffered the weight of the eternal wrath of God for us on the cross. What an incredible love He has!