The central message of the sermon is that God's love, revealed most fully in the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is not based on human merit but is an unmerited, sovereign, and self-sacrificial agape love. Rooted in 1 John 4:10, the sermon emphasizes that God's love is demonstrated not in response to human affection but in the act of sending His Son as a propitiation for sin while humanity was still His enemy. This divine love, which surpasses all human affection, is characterized by grace, redemption, and eternal purpose, transforming hearts through the Holy Spirit and calling believers to imitate Christ's perfect love by loving enemies and the undeserving. The sermon underscores that true love is not conditional but is rooted in God's nature as love, and it culminates in the eternal gift of salvation through Christ, securing believers' eternal life and calling them to live as children of God in a world marked by darkness.