God's Super Love For Us Series

2. Therefore we will not fear, Though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

*All of our strength flows out of the love of God, and there was nothing we could do to deserve it, but Jesus loved us when we were without strength!

[2] HE ALSO LOVED US WHEN WE WERE UNGODLY.

*Again in vs. 6 Paul said, "When we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." Jesus Christ died for the ungodly! -- Hallelujah!

*One of my all-time favorite professors was Dr. Donald Potts from East Texas Baptist University. Dr. Potts was a great teacher, and I learned a lot from him. One of the most important truths was about living a godless life.

*I used to think that a godless life meant living some kind of horrible, sinful lifestyle, but that's not necessarily true. A godless life is just a life that leaves God out. A godless life is living our lives on a day-to-day basis without God.

*So we need to ask ourselves: "Did I leave God out of my life this week? Has Jesus Christ crossed my mind? Has He been the central focus of my life this week? Have I been living my life with no reverence or respect for God? Have I mainly been following my own selfish desires?"

*May God help us to put Him first in every area of our lives. And thank God that "Christ died for the ungodly!" There was nothing we could do to deserve God's love, but Jesus loved us when we were ungodly.

[3] HE ALSO LOVED US WHEN WE WERE STILL SINNERS.

*The Word of God makes this truth clear in vs. 7-8. Here Paul said:

7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

8. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

*Mary Lewis explained: "Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Not, once our good deeds outweighed our bad ones. Not, once he saw that we were basically good people. Christ died for us while we were still sinners." (2)

*The original word for "sinners" here can also mean "devoted to sin," "pre-eminently sinful," and "especially wicked." But Christ died for us while we were still sinners! And one way or another, all of us are sinners. We know this, because in Romans 3:23, Paul told us that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

*The word picture there is someone who misses the mark, like an arrow that falls short and misses its target. Of course, some of us have missed the target a whole lot more than others. Some of us deserve a lower spot in hell, but all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

*Nobody has ever been able to hit the bullseye but Jesus Christ! And there was nothing we could do to deserve God's love, but Jesus loved us when we were still sinners.

[4] AND HE LOVED US WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES OF GOD.

*We see this truth in vs. 10 where Paul said: "For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."