Romans 5:8

Romans 5:8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

We were neither righteous nor yet good, yet Christ died for us. "Oh!" said a little boy once to his mother, "I do not think so much of Christ dying for men, I think I would be willing to die if I could save a hundred men by dying." But his mother said," Suppose it was a hundred mosquitoes, - would you die for them?" "Oh, no!" he said, "I would let the whole lot of them die." Well, we were much less, in comparison with Christ than mosquitoes are in relation to men, yet he died for us, good-for-nothing creatures that we are. Well does one say, "God shows part of his love to us in many different ways, but he shows the whole of his love in giving Christ to die for us." Here you see his heart laid bare, the very heart of God laid open for the inspection of every believing soul. To die for saints would be great love; but to die for sinners, while they are yet sinners, and regarding them as sinners, - this is love with emphasis, the very highest commendation that even divine love can have.