The greatest sign of the true God of love

Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is the greatest sign of all of the true God of love. 

Jesus’ sacrifice, however, may not meet our expectations of God. We would never have imagined God doing such a thing. Perhaps a story about King Solomon’s wisdom will help us understand why Jesus’ crucifixion shows the love of the true God in a very special way.

You might remember the Bible story in 1 Kings 3:16 where two prostitutes sleeping in the same house each had a baby. One awoke to find her baby dead because she had laid on him. She craftily swapped her dead baby with the other woman’s living baby. An argument over the living baby arose and the women wanted King Solomon to decide who the true mother was.

King Solomon knew how he would handle this sad case. He called for a sword and said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other. Of course, the true mother loved her child more deeply than the other woman, and to save her child’s life she immediately urged the King to give the child to the other woman. King Solomon thus immediately discerned who the child’s true mother was.

Just as King Solomon was able to know who the true mother was by her willingness to sacrifice to save her child’s life, we may know who the true God is by His willingness to suffer and sacrifice to save His creation.