October 10, 2025 • 8 mins
WHEN GOR CAME LOOKING FOR YOU
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
There’s something deeply humbling about realizing that God’s love found us before we ever went looking for Him. Romans 5:8 is one of those verses that stops you in your tracks—it’s simple, yet it carries the entire weight of the Gospel. “While we were yet sinners,” Paul says. Not after we got our act together. Not after we prayed the perfect prayer. But while we were still a mess, Christ died for us.
Music By: Mike Outland
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
There’s something deeply humbling about realizing that God’s love found us before we ever went looking for Him. Romans 5:8 is one of those verses that stops you in your tracks—it’s simple, yet it carries the entire weight of the Gospel. “While we were yet sinners,” Paul says. Not after we got our act together. Not after we prayed the perfect prayer. But while we were still a mess, Christ died for us.
Music By: Mike Outland
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Speaker 1 (00:20):
We have made it to Friday again. We've had a
great week this week. I pray that you have, and
I'd like to welcome you into our devotion time today
as we just get ready to settle in and spend
a little time with Jesus this morning. This morning, our
word comes to us from Romans chapter five and verse
number eight, very familiar verse. I quote this verse a
(00:41):
lot when I'm preaching because it's to me, it's kind
of the essence of the Gospel as a whole. I
just want to tell somebody this morning, tell all of
our listeners here at our devotion on our This is
the Life podcast. You are loved beyond measure, beyond anything
you could ever think, think or imagine. The love of
(01:02):
God runs deeper than we could ever fathom in our lives,
and it's found here in Romans five eight when it says,
but God commended his love toward us, and that while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. There's something
deeply humbling when I think about this verse this morning
(01:24):
and realize that God's love found us before we ever
went looking for him. Romans five eight here is It's
one of those verses that just kind of stops you
for a moment, makes you start to think. It's very
simple verse, but it carries a lot of weight to it,
see because it says while we were yet sinners, and
(01:46):
Paul was writing this. And what comes to me through
this verse is that he didn't write, not after you
get your act together, not after we pray the perfect prayer,
while we feel like we've cleaned up certain parts of
our lives, when we've kicked the addiction, Not when we've
(02:09):
established the relationships that we ought to. He didn't say
any of those. He said, while we were yet still
a mess, still sinners. Christ died for us. I want
that truth to speak to you this morning, because that
truth alone should change a person's whole outlook on life,
because it means God's love isn't performance based. It's not
(02:34):
something we earn by being good enough. It's a gift,
a divine decision made long before we even knew that
we needed salvation. The plan was already there. I want
you to think about it a moment this morning. The
way we love so we often love conditionally, We love
those who love us back. We choose who is worthy
(02:57):
of our love, sometimes forgive when only when somebody looks
like they're remorseful or sorry, but not God. See, he
loved us first. He made the first move toward us.
Before you ever sang a first song of praise, before
you ever whispered your first prayer, he was already pursuing you.
(03:20):
I want you to grab a hold of that this morning.
He was already waiting for you. See that's what grace
really is. It's love that reaches for you even when
you're walking it the other way. I loved this first
because he shows me. The Cross wasn't a response to
(03:41):
my goodness. Was God's answer to my brokenness. Get that
this morning. I'll say it again. The Cross was not
a response to your goodness. It was God's answer to
your brokenness. When Jesus stretched out his arms on Calvary,
get that picture this morning, When he stretched his arms
(04:02):
out on Calvary, it wasn't as a last resort for us.
It was the fulfillment of a plan written in love
long before we ever came into being. It's grace coming
to us in the middle of our mass. So often
we look back on our lives and we think, if
(04:23):
God really knew everything I've ever done. But Romans five
eight reminds us he already didn't know everything we ever did,
and he still chose to save us. See, that's the
beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ Matthew Mark, Luke John,
even in the acts, it's the whole essence of the Gospel.
God doesn't wait until the story looks good enough for
(04:46):
him to step in. He doesn't wait till you're clean
enough before he touches you. He meets you right in
the middle of the chapter of your life that you'd
rather tear out and never even remember it. Maybe your
life feels like a pile of ashes right now, but hey,
that's exactly where God's love shines the brightest. Grace doesn't
(05:09):
just clean up the mess. I'm here to praise the
Lord this morning that it transforms the mess into a
miraculous testimony. I want you to think about your life.
I know from my life especially, I can buy into
what God is telling me this morning. Grace doesn't just
clean up our mess. It transforms that mess into a
(05:35):
miraculous testimony. We live in a world that measures worth
by what I call the three a's achievement, appearance, and approval.
That's what everybody chases. But the Lord looks at us
through a completely different lens, and that lens is called love,
and his love doesn't see your failures as a final thing.
(05:58):
What he does he sees your potential through the redemption
process that he did upon Calvary with his son Jesus Christ.
I love this verse, and I think you can tell
because I really am passionate about the gospel of Jesus
Christ and knowing that people know Jesus. That's why we
call this morning moments with Jesus. It's not mourning moments
(06:21):
with Eddie. It's morning moments with Jesus. When you begin
to really believe that you are loved I'm talking about
completely and unconditionally loved by the Lord changes the way
you see God. It changes the way you see yourself
and the way you see others see. You stop striving
(06:42):
for approval and you start resting in acceptance for who
you are. It's who God made you to be, so
be you. You start extending the same grace to other
people that you receive because you knew what it took
to save you. And if you like me, if the
Lord had saved someone like me and someone like you,
(07:03):
there's hope for everybody. God's love isn't meant to stay
bottled up in your heart. It's meant to be overflow
and be shared. So when you're truly experiencing mercy in
your life, it's impossible not to share it. You start
seeing people not as problems that need to be fixed.
You start seeing people as souls that need to be
(07:23):
loved and need to be saved. So today, take a
moment and let that truth settle deep into your spirit,
and remember this. You are loved by God, not because
of what you've done, but because of who he is.
You don't have to earn it, you don't have to
(07:45):
chase it, You only have to receive it. Now, that
doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to be our very best
for the Lord. We should. It just means that our
efforts are out of gratitude and obedience and not trying
to somehow pay our way into heaven. Every sunrise, every breath,
(08:07):
every heart beat is a reminder of that unending love,
a love that sent Jesus to the cross, a love
that rolled away the stone, and a love that still
whispers your name every single day to day. You be safe,
You be strong and you be blessed, and you understand this.
(08:30):
God really loves you, and while you, even when you
were in the midst of your struggles, he came looking
for you. Have a great weekend, have a great day,
and may the Lord bless you and keep you
We have made it to Friday again. We've had a
great week this week. I pray that you have, and
I'd like to welcome you into our devotion time today
as we just get ready to settle in and spend
a little time with Jesus this morning. This morning, our
word comes to us from Romans chapter five and verse
number eight, very familiar verse. I quote this verse a
(00:41):
lot when I'm preaching because it's to me, it's kind
of the essence of the Gospel as a whole. I
just want to tell somebody this morning, tell all of
our listeners here at our devotion on our This is
the Life podcast. You are loved beyond measure, beyond anything
you could ever think, think or imagine. The love of
(01:02):
God runs deeper than we could ever fathom in our lives,
and it's found here in Romans five eight when it says,
but God commended his love toward us, and that while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. There's something
deeply humbling when I think about this verse this morning
(01:24):
and realize that God's love found us before we ever
went looking for him. Romans five eight here is It's
one of those verses that just kind of stops you
for a moment, makes you start to think. It's very
simple verse, but it carries a lot of weight to it,
see because it says while we were yet sinners, and
(01:46):
Paul was writing this. And what comes to me through
this verse is that he didn't write, not after you
get your act together, not after we pray the perfect prayer,
while we feel like we've cleaned up certain parts of
our lives, when we've kicked the addiction, Not when we've
(02:09):
established the relationships that we ought to. He didn't say
any of those. He said, while we were yet still
a mess, still sinners. Christ died for us. I want
that truth to speak to you this morning, because that
truth alone should change a person's whole outlook on life,
because it means God's love isn't performance based. It's not
(02:34):
something we earn by being good enough. It's a gift,
a divine decision made long before we even knew that
we needed salvation. The plan was already there. I want
you to think about it a moment this morning. The
way we love so we often love conditionally, We love
those who love us back. We choose who is worthy
(02:57):
of our love, sometimes forgive when only when somebody looks
like they're remorseful or sorry, but not God. See, he
loved us first. He made the first move toward us.
Before you ever sang a first song of praise, before
you ever whispered your first prayer, he was already pursuing you.
(03:20):
I want you to grab a hold of that this morning.
He was already waiting for you. See that's what grace
really is. It's love that reaches for you even when
you're walking it the other way. I loved this first
because he shows me. The Cross wasn't a response to
(03:41):
my goodness. Was God's answer to my brokenness. Get that
this morning. I'll say it again. The Cross was not
a response to your goodness. It was God's answer to
your brokenness. When Jesus stretched out his arms on Calvary,
get that picture this morning, When he stretched his arms
(04:02):
out on Calvary, it wasn't as a last resort for us.
It was the fulfillment of a plan written in love
long before we ever came into being. It's grace coming
to us in the middle of our mass. So often
we look back on our lives and we think, if
(04:23):
God really knew everything I've ever done. But Romans five
eight reminds us he already didn't know everything we ever did,
and he still chose to save us. See, that's the
beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ Matthew Mark, Luke John,
even in the acts, it's the whole essence of the Gospel.
God doesn't wait until the story looks good enough for
(04:46):
him to step in. He doesn't wait till you're clean
enough before he touches you. He meets you right in
the middle of the chapter of your life that you'd
rather tear out and never even remember it. Maybe your
life feels like a pile of ashes right now, but hey,
that's exactly where God's love shines the brightest. Grace doesn't
(05:09):
just clean up the mess. I'm here to praise the
Lord this morning that it transforms the mess into a
miraculous testimony. I want you to think about your life.
I know from my life especially, I can buy into
what God is telling me this morning. Grace doesn't just
clean up our mess. It transforms that mess into a
(05:35):
miraculous testimony. We live in a world that measures worth
by what I call the three a's achievement, appearance, and approval.
That's what everybody chases. But the Lord looks at us
through a completely different lens, and that lens is called love,
and his love doesn't see your failures as a final thing.
(05:58):
What he does he sees your potential through the redemption
process that he did upon Calvary with his son Jesus Christ.
I love this verse, and I think you can tell
because I really am passionate about the gospel of Jesus
Christ and knowing that people know Jesus. That's why we
call this morning moments with Jesus. It's not mourning moments
(06:21):
with Eddie. It's morning moments with Jesus. When you begin
to really believe that you are loved I'm talking about
completely and unconditionally loved by the Lord changes the way
you see God. It changes the way you see yourself
and the way you see others see. You stop striving
(06:42):
for approval and you start resting in acceptance for who
you are. It's who God made you to be, so
be you. You start extending the same grace to other
people that you receive because you knew what it took
to save you. And if you like me, if the
Lord had saved someone like me and someone like you,
(07:03):
there's hope for everybody. God's love isn't meant to stay
bottled up in your heart. It's meant to be overflow
and be shared. So when you're truly experiencing mercy in
your life, it's impossible not to share it. You start
seeing people not as problems that need to be fixed.
You start seeing people as souls that need to be
(07:23):
loved and need to be saved. So today, take a
moment and let that truth settle deep into your spirit,
and remember this. You are loved by God, not because
of what you've done, but because of who he is.
You don't have to earn it, you don't have to
(07:45):
chase it, You only have to receive it. Now, that
doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to be our very best
for the Lord. We should. It just means that our
efforts are out of gratitude and obedience and not trying
to somehow pay our way into heaven. Every sunrise, every breath,
(08:07):
every heart beat is a reminder of that unending love,
a love that sent Jesus to the cross, a love
that rolled away the stone, and a love that still
whispers your name every single day to day. You be safe,
You be strong and you be blessed, and you understand this.
(08:30):
God really loves you, and while you, even when you
were in the midst of your struggles, he came looking
for you. Have a great weekend, have a great day,
and may the Lord bless you and keep you
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