John 16:27 KJV
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
The Father Himself loveth you…
Not vicariously through some other source:
- Not through Jesus Christ
- Not through the Holy Spirit
- Not through your family and loved ones
- Not through your pastor
It is God the Father Himself that loves His own.
Jesus loves us, the Holy Spirit, I am confident, loves us. Our family loves us and our pastor loves us. God sheds His love abroad through others; but that is not to say that is the only way He loves us. If there were no other human being who loved us we would still be assured that God the Father Himself loves us.
We are too prone to turn everything into religious idolatry. We are too quick to make our faith about others. "If God loved me…" we reason, "He would surely send someone to love me." We expect, demand the time and attention of others believing that it is their duty, as vessels of God, to give us that attention. At some point our faith stops being in God and rests in the time, attention and ministry of others.
True faith in God finds joy in God alone.
True faith is blessed by knowing that the Father Himself loves us.
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