Today’s Scripture: John 3:16

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son.”

Jesus’ propitiatory work was initiated by the Father because of his great love for us. “In this the love of God was made manifest among us,” the apostle John wrote, “that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:9-10).

Sometimes the work of Christ is erroneously depicted as a kind and gentle Jesus placating the wrath of a vengeful God, as if Jesus needed to persuade the Father not to pour out his wrath on us. Nothing could be further from the truth. God the Father sent his Son on this great errand of mercy and grace. Though Jesus came voluntarily and gladly, he was sent by the Father.

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