Who
can anticipate the gifts of infinite Love. “God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.” [John 3:16.]
God’s love for the world was not manifest because He sent His Son, but
because He loved the world He sent His Son into the world that divinity
clothed with humanity might touch humanity, while divinity lay hold of
infinity. Though sin had produced a gulf between man and his God, divine
benevolence provided a plan to bridge that gulf. And what material did
He use? A part of Himself. The brightness of the Father’s glory came to a
world all seared and marred with the curse, and in His own divine
character, in His own divine body, bridged the gulf and opened a channel
of communication between God and man. The windows of heaven were
opened, and the showers of heavenly grace in healing streams came to our
benighted world. O what love, what matchless, inexpressible love! E.W., Lt 36a, 1890
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