John 3:16 BSB
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
How many of us truly understand this verse?
“For God so loved the world”.
The same God that expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
The same God that flooded the earth.
“that He gave His one and only Son”. Gave His Son, as a sacrifice for you and me!
Do you remember Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane? Jesus askedHis Father to lift this cup from Him but went on to say, not My will but Yours.
“that everyone who believes in Him”
Come all ye sinners! Sin is sin, it’s all black to God. True repentance from the heart ❤️ is what He desires.
I love this quote from Spurgeon!
“But mark thee, sinner, it says, ‘whosoever.’ What a big word that is! Whosoever! There is no standard height here. It is of any height and any size. Little sinners, big sinners, black sinners, fair sinners, sinners double dyed, old sinners, aggravated sinners, sinners who have committed every crime in the whole catalogue, – whosoever.” (Spurgeon)
Do you get this? “sinners who have committed every crime in the whole catalogue”.
“shall not perish but have eternal life.”
What exactly does this verse mean?
Your body houses a soul! When you die where does your soul go? One of two places, Heaven or hell!
Since we are all sinners, there is nothing we can do of our own works to cleanse of of our sin. On our own we will get what we deserve, hell.
Let’s re-read this verse and let it sink in.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Let’s get personal!
Since God gave His one and only Son, to suffer and die on the brutal cross as a blood offering for you....
How will He react to you, if you reject His Son’s sacrifice for your sins?
The expulsion from the Garden of Eden and the great flood have nothing on His final judgement!
Go deeper.
What is the Bible definition of the human soul?
Blessings, David
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