My friend, though God loves you, He does not save you by love and He cannot save you by love. God had to do something about the fact that God is holy and righteous and what He does is right. So God gave His Son to die on the cross for you and me to pay the penalty for our sins, so that a holy God can now reach down and save us. And it’s only on that basis today that a holy God can save us, friends. Christ is the mercy seat. Now, that’s where God reveals His love. He “gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”