For
This Is How God Loved The World: He Gave His One
And
Only Son, So That Everyone Who Believes In Him
Will
Not Perish But Have Eternal Life.
Scripture
John
3
3 Jesus
replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you
cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
4 “What do
you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into
his mother’s womb and be born again?”
5 Jesus
replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God
without being born of water and the Spirit.
7 So
don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’
14 And
as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so
the Son of Man must be lifted up,
16 “For
this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so
that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal
life.
18 “There
is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who
does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in
God’s one and only Son.
36 And
anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who
doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains
under God’s angry judgment.”
Observation
This
verse, John 3:16, shows me and shows you exactly what it takes to
have Eternal life. And by the way, it also shows us how to have an
abundant life while we are here on planet earth!
Look
at the verse, think about it, do you have what it takes to go to
Heaven when you die?
Not
mentioned one time in John 3:16 is anything about us being good
enough to earn a place in Heaven. It is not good people that go to
Heaven and bad people that go to Hell.
It
is only forgiven people that go to Heaven and that forgiveness is available only when we place our faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
When
you and I personally believe that Jesus left Heaven, came down to
this earth, lived a sinless life, died on a cross to pay the penalty
for our sins, and came back to life on the third day, when we believe
like that, we have eternal life!
Do
you believe?
If
you were to die today where would you spend eternity – Heaven or
Hell?
If
you were at Heaven's gate and God were to ask you, “Why should I
let you into my Heaven?” What would you say to Him?
Ephesians
2:8-9
8 God saved
you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for
this; it is a gift from God.
Titus
3:5-6
5
then he saved us—not because we were good enough to be saved but
because of his kindness and pity—by washing away our sins and
giving us the new joy of the indwelling Holy Spirit,
6
whom he poured out upon us with wonderful fullness—and all because
of what Jesus Christ our Savior did
Romans
10:9-10,13
9 If
you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For
it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God,
and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
13 For
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved.”
John
10:10
10 The
thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to
give them a rich and satisfying life.
Application
I
will share John 3:16 and other verses to help people know that Jesus
loves them and has a wonderful plan for their life.
How
about you? Do you know Him?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for sending Your Son Jesus Christ to die in my place. I don't deserve eternal life, I don't deserve Your kindness,
but I am glad that you provided it for me. I am grateful for being
allowed to be one of Your children. Thank You for paying the penalty
for my sins so I could enjoy the relationship that I now have with
You. Thank You for saving me.
I
pray for any person who may read this blog. Open up his or her
spiritual eyes so that they can understand what You did for them.
Help them to place their faith and their trust in Jesus for their
salvation.
Daily
Bible Reading: Isaiah 65,66; Psalms 62; John 3
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