Such love is without a parallel. Children of the heavenly King! Precious promise! Theme for the most profound meditation! The matchless love of God for a world that did not love Him! The thought has a subduing power upon the soul and brings the mind into captivity to the will of God. The more we study the divine character in the light of the cross, the more we see mercy, tenderness, and forgiveness blended with equity and justice, and the more clearly we discern innumerable evidences of a love that is infinite and a tender pity surpassing a mother's yearning sympathy for her wayward child.

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White, Ellen Gould: Steps to Christ. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1892; SC 15.2

Questions answered:

• Does the world accept Jesus sacrifice? Does the world accept God's love?
• How does knowing the love of God help us to bring ourselves in line with God's will?
• What will studying the cross help us learn?
• In what way does God reach out to a lost world?