Because He First Loved Us

Romans 5:8 (NIV)

8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ephesians 1:3-5 (NIV)

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he^c predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—