Our hope of heaven is secure because it is based on God’s love that sent Christ to die for us while we were yet sinners

Our hope of heaven is secure because it is not based on anything good in us.

To appreciate God’s great love, we must feel our own great need for the Savior.

We greatly need the Savior because we were helpless, ungodly, sinners and enemies of God

We were weak

We were spiritually dead, living in disobedience – Eph 2:1-2

We were not able to save ourselves – we must be born again – John 3

We were not able to see the light of the gospel to be saved – 2 Cor 4:4

We were not able to understand spiritual truth – 1 Cor 2:14

We were not able to hear God’s truth – John 8:43

We were not seeking God – Rom 3:11

We were not able to submit to God’s law or to please Him Rom 8:7-8

We were ungodly

Our ways are not God’s ways and our thoughts are not His thoughts

We were sinners

The essence of sin is to fall short of God’s glory – Rom 3:23

We were God’s enemies (5:10)

We were hostile toward Him

Our hope of heaven is secure because it is based on God’s gracious love for us while we were yet sinners

God’s gracious love took the initiative to save us from our weak, ungodly condition

God’s gracious love for us is far higher than any example of human love

God’s gracious love for us sent none other than Christ

God’s gracious love sent Christ at the right time

God’s gracious love sent Christ to die for us

If we were weak, ungodly sinners in need of Christ’s death to save us, then salvation cannot in any sense be due to human merit, works, or righteousness