He Loved Us More Than He Loved His Own Life
The Lord Jesus loved us more than He loved His own life. The proof? The cross of Calvary. He did not mind what would happen to Him. He risked His own life. He neglected Himself. For what? For our eternal welfare and well-being.
And we ought to love Him the same way. We ought to love Him more than we love our own selves. This can only be possible if the kind of love He has in Him is overflowing in our own hearts.
Love like this is supernatural. It's beyond us. It is supernaturally imparted upon trusting in Him for salvation.
Ro 5:5 and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. WNT
Joh 7:38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing (trusting) in Him would receive;
