Condescension of God: Scriptures Relating To
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Psalm 8:4–6
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? / You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. / You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Psalm 113:5, 6
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? / He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
Psalm 144:3
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
Isaiah 45:11
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Hebrews 2:11
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Hebrews 6:17, 18
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. / Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
1 John 4:10, 19
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. / We love because He first loved us.