The love of Christ is a gracious love. The Lord has chosen individuals unto salvation in eternity past based on pure grace, apart from any meritorious works. This is the grace of the Lord toward His elect. And it is based on His election that He orchestrates all things so that they would hear the gospel, believe and repent, and bear fruit for the glory of God and be glorified when they enter into glory. This is the stunning love of Christ toward His people. May the Lord give us wisdom to drink deeply from His grace each day and know therefore how to extend that same kind of grace toward one another, for this is what He commands and desires to see among His people, a love like His to permeate His community, the church.