“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, that God sent his only Son, his only begotten Son, into the world, that we might live through him.” Now God has proven His love. And as Paul says, “He lay down His life for us.” God has proven His love. He gave His Son to die for you, and He gave Him to die for you not after you won the Sunday school bar for attending Sunday school and not missing a Sunday for about five years. God loved us when we were yet sinners—while we were without strength, while we were lost, while we were absolutely unlovely—God loved us.