32: Does God love sinners?

Does God love sinners? Well, the simple answer to that is "yes" and a key truth to remember if you’re a Christian is that God loved you before you loved him. In fact, that’s part of what makes God’s love so amazing - he gives it to sinners like us. Paul said this in Romans 5:8: “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” People sometimes make the false assumption that God loves people who are good. Or maybe you tend to think that God will love you more tomorrow if you could be better today. That’s not how God’s love works. The ultimate expression of God’s love for you - his death - happened for you and all people while we were still in sin.