Title:  THE DEMONSTRATION

Romans 5:6-8 "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." NIV

Point #1:  We love:  WITHOUT HESITATION

"at just the right time, when we were still powerless."

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." NIV

He is not waiting for you to get your act right before He will love you.  He knows your act ain't right and yet doesn't hesitate to love you.

Point #2:  We love:  WITHOUT EXPECTATION

v.7 "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die."NIV

Christ died to save us not IN our sins, but FROM our sins.

Point #3:  We love: WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

V.8 "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Sin don't discriminate and neither does the love of God

When others are turning their backs on you, know that God is turning his heart toward you.

When other people's love is running out, God's love is running over

God's love isn't concerned with what you've done or where you've been.  His love is concerned with how you are and where you're going.

1 John 4:7-11 " Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. NIV