The thought of love
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believed on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Immediately after reading that, we begin to feel a sense of entitlement or personal reward, we get the notion that God's love is directed at us, but this is far from the Truth of the matter. This passage unfolds an intricate Divine Plan set in motion by The Most High God to bring honor and glory to His Name, edify His Son, and usher in forgiveness through repentance ; the pleasure is God's, the honor is due to Christ, it has nothing to do with us who are the undeserving - Isaiah 53 :[9]And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.[10]Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall...