While We Were Still Weak (Romans 5:6-11)

While We Were Still Weak (Romans 5:6-11)

“While we were still weak (or powerless)," at the right time Christ died for us, the ungodly; God shows his love for us in that "while we were yet sinners" Christ died for us; "while we were enemies of God," we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son.
God let his Son Jesus Christ die on the cross to show his love for us, the ungodly, the sinners, and his enemies.

More than 2,000 years ago, before Christ, God told Abraham to offer his only son Isaac as a burnt offering on one of the mountains at Moriah.
Abraham was willing to offer his only son Isaac whom he loved more than his own life for God because he loved God more than anything else in the world.
God was well pleased with Abraham's heart of loving God and stopped him killing his only son Isaac.
However, God the Father let his only son Jesus killed on the cross in Jerusalem which is the same location with Moriah to show his love for us.
               
Were we worthy to be loved by God?Paul says "No.!"
We were weak, we were ungodly, we were sinners, and we were enemies of God.
Yet God loved us.
Why?
It is because God created us according to his own image, according to his own likeness.
And God is the God of love.
Parents love their children.
Their children fight each other and do not listen to their parents.
The parents still love them very much.
Why?
It is because they are their children.
Yet, the parents wish that their children could listen to them and live happy life.

Did God love us because we believe in him through Jesus Christ?
Paul says, "No!"
God knew and loved us even when we were enemies of Him, even before we knew Him, and even much before we were born.
God told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

How much did God love us?
He shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners, God's most beloved only begotten Son Jesus Christ died on the cross for us.
God's love for us is everlasting.
Isn't it amazing??
Paul in verse 7 says, "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die."
Are you willing to die for your righteous or good friend, brother or sister?
It is not easy to die for any good or righteous person although you owe him or her very much.

How much then do you love your God?
Do you love your God more than anything else in the world?
Are you willing to follow Jesus God the Son leaving all things behind?
Are you willing to sacrifice those things that you regard most important in your life -- your money, your family members, your business, your position, your fame, or your study?
Are you willing to be a witness of Jesus?
The word "witness" in Greek is "μάρτυρος (marturos)" meaning a martyr.
Are you willing to die for Jesus for his name's sake and for his Gospel's sake?

What are the results of God's love for us?
We earned justification through our faith, peace with God, the promise of salvation and eternal life.

So, what shall we do?We rejoice in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
And we will be witnesses of Jesus and his everlasting love for us to those who do not know his love yet.