Good Morning Friends,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his
one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed
in the name of God’s one and only Son.” (John 3:16-18)
John 3:16 is probably the most well-known and
most memorized verse in the Bible, and for good reason!
You can see the heart of God in these verses.
God loves us. God is willing to sacrifice for us, even that which is most
precious to Him. God doesn’t plot and plan and wait to punish us. Rather, He
has plotted and planned and waited to be able to save us. To save us is God’s
great desire.
You can also see the response God requires of
man in these verses. God’s salvation is not given without our response. He has
provided everything we need to be saved. He desires us to be saved. But He will
not save us without our willing response to His offer. God requires that we believe
in His Son. The belief God requires is not idle intellectual assent, but the
full response of the heart: to trust, to surrender, to follow.
The offer from God is available to everyone
and God is waiting for our response.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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