Topic: God Loves When We Don’t [David Jeremiah Devotional june 17 2019 | Turning Point Ministries]

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JUNE 17, 2019

And [the prodigal son] arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
Luke 15:20, Psalm 25:1-10, Psalms 69 – 72

Many Christians know John Newton wrote “Amazing Grace,” but not all know how the hymn reflects Newton’s own story. Newton was the “wretch” who “was lost” and then “found” by God.

John Newton served on a slave-trading ship as a young man, having turned his back on the God of his youth. As a 23-year-old, the ship he was on was nearly destroyed in a violent storm, during which Newton called out to God to save him—it was the beginning of his conversion to Christ. John Newton is a good example of how God continues to love even those who don’t love Him—just as Jesus illustrated in the famous story of the prodigal son. That rebellious young man turned his back on his father yet found that his father’s love for him had never ceased.

John 3:16 says that God so loved the world—some of whom have rejected Him—that He sent Christ to show the world His love. Whether you love God today or not, He loves you.

The true measure of God’s love is that He loves without measure.
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