Loved as a Child

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jun 19, 2022 · 3m

As a daughter of missionaries, I had memorized John 3:16 in both English and Portuguese. I knew that God loved me and that Christ had died for me. But it still felt like a generic kind of love. So, God loves me. But with what kind of love does He love me? In a letter to the Christians in Galatia, Paul declares, When the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children (Galatians 4:4-5). We see here the purpose for Christ’s death and resurrection: to adopt us as…