Deeply Loved
World Says
Love is earned.
God Says
I loved you before you were born.
“Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.”
- Ephesians 1:4
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
- Jeremiah 1:5
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
- Psalm 139:13-14
Transformed
World Says
People don't change.
God Says
He gave you a new heart.
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
- Romans 12:2
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
- Ezekiel 36:26
Cleansed
World Says
You deserve to suffer.
God Says
You are forgiven.
"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
- Isaiah 1:18
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”
– Ephesians 1:7
“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
– Titus 3:5