Today’s meditation is taken from John 3:16 “For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life."
One
of the greatest and well known verses in the Bible is John 3:16. It gives us
the
Over
all picture of the gospel.
1.”For God so loved”: Jesus teaches us that the God who exists
loves. He loves us unconditionally. In 1 John 4:8 it says "God is
love." He loved us unconditionally without any expectations; he wants to
have relationship with you. The Word "So" here doesn't mean an amount
of love but a way of loving. As we have received the same love from God, we
need to share this to other.
2. “The World”: God So Loved the world, which means He loved all
the people in this universe, includes unbelievers, criminals, adulterers, cheaters,
liars, murderers etc. Jesus extended His loving forgiveness towards the thief
on the cross and others .Are you loving the unbelievers and others?
3. “He gave”: It’s impossible to describe his Love and His sacrifice.
Romans 5:8 says," But God demonstrates His
own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus came to this world not to come down on
people, but to reach out to people. He loved such "that he gave his only
begotten Son." And we know that this giving was a giving up to rejection
and death. He gave everything to save mankind and Jesus said "I glorified
you [Father] on the earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to
do" (John 17:4).
4. "His Only begotten
Son”: “His one and only Son
Jesus came down to earth to save you and me , we don’t really deserve His love
but because of God’s grace and love , He send his only son to save us .
5.” whosoever believes “: The Bible says, "Even the demons
believe—and tremble!" (James 2:19). To believe is to "commit, have
faith in, rely upon, trust in." The choice is ours as to what we will do
with this wonderful gift of God. We can gladly accept it, or reject it.
6. "Should not perish
but have everlasting life.”. In Revelation
20:15 says, "Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
into the lake of fire". Its time to check whether I have included the book
of life or not, otherwise you will perish. If you want everlasting eternal life
then you should accept Jesus as personal savior. 1 John 5:13 says, "These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal
life and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God".
GOD BLESS YOU
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