God's Great Gift

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“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.” 1 John 4:99In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9).
Who can tell what it cost God to give this great gift? Mark well how language labors and strains to express the preciousness of God’s Son to Him. He is spoken of as
“His only begotten Son.”...
“Thou lovest Me before the foundation of the world” are the words of Jesus to His Father.
There never was, and never shall be a moment in eternity or in time when He did not dwell in the bosom of His Father. The Father’s bosom was, and is, His dwelling place. It is by such language that we are told how dear, infinitely dear He is to the Father, and worthy of that Father’s love. But He came forth from the Father to be the Savior of sinners.