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E. Human beings are the objects of God’s unmerited, unconditional favor and grace. John 3.16-17 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

1. God loved without qualification or partiality everyone in the entire world, living, dead, and yet unborn.

a. 2 Cor. 5.19

b. 1 John 4.9-10

c. Luke 12.7

2. The value of God’s love is shown in the sacrifice of his only Son for each and every single soul, Matt. 18.14.

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3. God did not send his Son to condemn, but to save all those in the world.

4. Implication: God’s unlimited and unbounded favor rests on every human being, though they may be unaware of it .

F. God identifies with the struggles, needs, and burdens of the most vulnerable and hurting among us. Ps. 146.5-9 – Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, [6] who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; [7] who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets