Our righteousness doesn't depend on our present performance but on Jesus' finished performance.

Nowhere in the Bible, however, do we find God distinguishing between levels of sin. God doesn't share our rating system. To him, all sin is equally evil, and all sinners are equally lovable.

God's love is so extravagant and so inexplicable that he loved us before we were us. He loved us before we existed. He knew many of us would reject him, hate him, curse him, rebel against him. Yet he chose to love us. God loves us because he is love.

We need a bigger estimation of God and a smaller estimation of sin.

It’s interesting how people try to redefine God to their liking. They bring him down to their level so they can understand him, then they reject him because he is too much like them.

The common denominator is that we all need help.

If you dont love, youve lost your distinction, definition, uniqueness, and identity.