For God loved the world in this way:

He gave  his one and only Son,

so that 

everyone 

who believes in him 

will not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, 

but to save the world through him.

John 3:16-17 CSB

It's the middle of the night and Jesus is meeting on the DL with one of the big spiritual and cultural leaders of his time.

And in the middle of the part of their convo that is recorded here, Jesus drops in God's mission statement:

I love you.

I want everyone to be with me.

I love you more than you can imagine. 

I'm sending Jesus. Because I love you.

Because to me you are valuable, you have worth. 

You're worth me sending my son to die for you. 

This is my way of saving you. 

You're important to me. 

So important that this crazy course of action, makes sense to me.

Is there someone in your life who you'd give anything to help, to take away their burden, anyone who you might even die for because they, their life, that person, is so important, so loved by you. 

Well, this has already been done by our God to whom you and I are so important.

So loved.

#crazylove

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