And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” (John 3:14-21, NRSV)
Every one knows this verse. Even if you have never been to church, you know John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.” That one point in time that God so loved the world was the cross. He gave Jesus to die for the world.
But to me the verse that means the most in this selection of scripture is not 3:16 it is 3:17!
“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” God did not send His Son here to condemn us, which He could have. He sent Jesus so that we might be saved! He sent Jesus to bring us back.
And that my friends is love. A Father or a God who is relentless in His pursual of His children that He goes to the lengths of sending Jesus to show us to live and to save us from ourselves!
So know that Jesus came so that you might have a relationship with God and live into that relationship!
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