For God So Loved
How many times have you quoted the scripture in John 3:16? Do you do it as a mindless exercise, or do you think about what you have just said? Most of us had to memorize this scripture for Sunday School or for Bible school when we were children, but do we truly know what this scripture says. Have we asked the Spirit of God to show us the fullness of this scripture.?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever beliveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God---this is all about God and what He did for us.
For God what?
For God so loved---God loves totally, completely, without preferential treatment. He is Love. That is all He is.
And what did He love? He loved the world.
And what was the result of His love for the world---that means you and me and everyone else?
He gave. God gives. His love gives. He can’t help Himself. He must give. That is His very nature.
What did He give?
He gave His only begotten Son, the only Son He had. He gave Jesus.
And what was the purpose for which He gave Jesus?
That we would not perish, that we would have everlasting, eternal life, His kind of life, zoe life forever.
And what do we have to do? Believe in Jesus. That’s it. That’s what you do. Isn’t that simple?
I love the way the Amplified Bible states this scripture.
Listen to this. Say it to yourself.
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
Look at this. God greatly loves you and dearly prizes you. How much does He greatly love you and dearly prize you? Enough to give His only Son for your benefit, for your deliverance, so that you would not be destroyed or lost. What a God we serve! I love Him. But He first loved me. It all began with Him and it all ends with Him. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
Repeat this after me:
God so greatly loves and dearly prizes me that He gave Jesus so that I shall not come to destruction or be lost but have eternal life because I believe in Him, I trust in Him, I cling to Him, I rely on Him. Thank You, Jesus.
Jesus did not come to this world to condemn us or bring us under judgment or pass sentence on us. He came to take the judgment we deserved, the condemnation we should have had, the sentence that should have been carried out on us. That is the reason He came. Oh, do you see it? He came that you might be safe and sound and whole and free from sin and its condemnation, free from sickness and disease, free from all that had been released on mankind through his connection to satan.
I will be forever grateful to my Lord for what He did for me. How about you?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever beliveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God---this is all about God and what He did for us.
For God what?
For God so loved---God loves totally, completely, without preferential treatment. He is Love. That is all He is.
And what did He love? He loved the world.
And what was the result of His love for the world---that means you and me and everyone else?
He gave. God gives. His love gives. He can’t help Himself. He must give. That is His very nature.
What did He give?
He gave His only begotten Son, the only Son He had. He gave Jesus.
And what was the purpose for which He gave Jesus?
That we would not perish, that we would have everlasting, eternal life, His kind of life, zoe life forever.
And what do we have to do? Believe in Jesus. That’s it. That’s what you do. Isn’t that simple?
I love the way the Amplified Bible states this scripture.
Listen to this. Say it to yourself.
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
Look at this. God greatly loves you and dearly prizes you. How much does He greatly love you and dearly prize you? Enough to give His only Son for your benefit, for your deliverance, so that you would not be destroyed or lost. What a God we serve! I love Him. But He first loved me. It all began with Him and it all ends with Him. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
Repeat this after me:
God so greatly loves and dearly prizes me that He gave Jesus so that I shall not come to destruction or be lost but have eternal life because I believe in Him, I trust in Him, I cling to Him, I rely on Him. Thank You, Jesus.
Jesus did not come to this world to condemn us or bring us under judgment or pass sentence on us. He came to take the judgment we deserved, the condemnation we should have had, the sentence that should have been carried out on us. That is the reason He came. Oh, do you see it? He came that you might be safe and sound and whole and free from sin and its condemnation, free from sickness and disease, free from all that had been released on mankind through his connection to satan.
I will be forever grateful to my Lord for what He did for me. How about you?
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 5:56 PM
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