神的爱与人的爱的区别。
人的爱: 人往往因为觉得对方不错,值得爱才会去爱一个人。而神的爱却不是因为人有多好才去爱他,恰恰相反,神因为人是罪人且人心坏到极处而为人舍弃了自己的生命,目的是为了给人赎罪。可见,人的爱往往是有条件的,而神的爱是无条件的。一个人只要信耶稣基督的死(耶稣的死为担负人的罪)和复活(耶稣的复活是为了人称义),罪就得赦,有永生,末日复活,这无需人做什么,只要信即可实现。
约15:13 (耶稣说)人为朋友舍命、人的爱心没有比这个大的。
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
约15:15 (耶稣说)以后我不再称你们为仆人.因仆人不知道主人所作的事.我乃称你们为朋友.因我从我父所听见的、已经都告诉你们了。
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
罗5:8 惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死、神的爱就在此向我们显明了。
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
罗8:39 是高处的、是低处的、是别的受造之物、都不能叫我们与神的爱隔绝.这爱是在我们的主基督耶稣里的。
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
约一4:9 神差他独生子到世间来、使我们借着他得生、神爱我们的心、在此就显明了。
By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
约一4:10 不是我们爱神、乃是神爱我们、差他的儿子、为我们的罪作了挽回祭、这就是爱了。
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
罗4:25 耶稣被交给人、是为我们的过犯、复活、是为叫我们称义。〔或作耶稣是为我们的过犯交付了是为我们称义复活了〕
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
罗5:1 我们既因信称义、就借着我们的主耶稣基督、得与神相和。
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
耶17:9 人心比万物都诡诈、坏到极处、谁能识透呢。
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
罗5:9 现在我们既靠着他(耶稣)的血称义、就更要借着他免去神的忿怒。
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him.