John 3:16"for God so loved the world He gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life"
we see that the love of God is is a very wonderful thing, especially when we see it set upon lost, ruined, guilty world. what was in this world that God should love? There was nothing loveable in it. Enmity to Him, hatred to his truth, disregard of his law, rebellion against His commandments; those were the thorns and briars which covered the waste land, yet God loved the world, He gave His son, to redeem the world from perishing, and to gather out of it a people to His praise.