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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16
God is offering His wonderful grace to mankind. His arms are reaching out. Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17). He/She can be cleaned up through the blood of Jesus. That's the wonderful love and grace of God! We can be made holy and fit citizens for heaven through the blood of Jesus.
From the very beginning, mankind was to have always walked in God's grace. Mankind was to have never known sickness, diseases, heartaches, hurt and pain. But, mankind listened to the devil to the point where they reached out for sin, the tree of death. And, just as God warned, they died; they reaped a bitter harvest.
So it is today. Mankind is reaping a bitter harvest because of sin; and eventually the flames of hell, just as God has warned. What God says comes to pass.
In order for John 3:16 to be a reality, you must use it by faith; you must claim it along with the whole Word of God. This is God's grace. You can be free from all sin so it no longer has control over you.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. - Romans 6:14
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16
God is offering His wonderful grace to mankind. His arms are reaching out. Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17). He/She can be cleaned up through the blood of Jesus. That's the wonderful love and grace of God! We can be made holy and fit citizens for heaven through the blood of Jesus.
From the very beginning, mankind was to have always walked in God's grace. Mankind was to have never known sickness, diseases, heartaches, hurt and pain. But, mankind listened to the devil to the point where they reached out for sin, the tree of death. And, just as God warned, they died; they reaped a bitter harvest.
So it is today. Mankind is reaping a bitter harvest because of sin; and eventually the flames of hell, just as God has warned. What God says comes to pass.
In order for John 3:16 to be a reality, you must use it by faith; you must claim it along with the whole Word of God. This is God's grace. You can be free from all sin so it no longer has control over you.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. - Romans 6:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. - John 1:14
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16
God is offering His wonderful grace to mankind. His arms are reaching out. Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17). He/She can be cleaned up through the blood of Jesus. That's the wonderful love and grace of God! We can be made holy and fit citizens for heaven through the blood of Jesus.
From the very beginning, mankind was to have always walked in God's grace. Mankind was to have never known sickness, diseases, heartaches, hurt and pain. But, mankind listened to the devil to the point where they reached out for sin, the tree of death. And, just as God warned, they died; they reaped a bitter harvest.
So it is today. Mankind is reaping a bitter harvest because of sin; and eventually the flames of hell, just as God has warned. What God says comes to pass.
In order for John 3:16 to be a reality, you must use it by faith; you must claim it along with the whole Word of God. This is God's grace. You can be free from all sin so it no longer has control over you.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. - Romans 6:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. - John 1:14
Yes He'sFULL!!!!!!!! of grace and the reality of God , so much so that He demonstrated it at Calvary by dying for the powerless ungodly sinners we were.
Faith is a God given gift so no one boast and say "i believed so i am saved".
(excerpt concerning John 3:16 by one from a previous generation)
Now we will look at a passage in the New Testament; viz., that precious declaration in John 3:16, "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son," etc. We will take into consideration verses 14-17 inclusive; first I will clear up several points of obscurity and error and then give the rendering as it should be. In verse 15 the words "not perish but" should be omitted; according to the best authorities they have been interpolated, probably from the following verse; they are left out from the New Version. The word "whosoever" in the l5th and l6th verses should be rendered "all"; in the original it is the word usually rendered all throughout the New Testament; it occurs hundreds of times, and it is rendered "all" in over nine hundred instances, and whosoever in only about forty; the rendering all then is plainly the usual one. The word rendered "believeth," in the original is a participle, "believing"; the clause should read, "that all, believing in him should not," etc. The words, "believing in him," are explanatory, telling us how "all" are to be saved, viz, by believing in him. In the common version it will be noticed that the participle is, without authority, rendered by the verb "believeth," and the words, "whosoever believeth in him" are thereby made to have a conditional force, as though it read, if they believe in him, implying that some will not believe in him, and hence will perish, and be lost eternally. But this is not a correct rendering of the original, as I have shown above; the clause is not conditional, but is thrown in, as a participial form, as explanatory of the manner of the world's salvation, by believing in him; this view is fully confirmed by the l9th verse; "for God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved." Now I will give the whole passage as it ought to be. "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up, that all, believing in him, might have æonial life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that all, believing in him, might not perish, but have æonial life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved." Thus truthfully translated this passage is one of the grandest and most sweeping declarations of the final universal triumph of God's grace in the salvation of the world, contained in the Bible. It is positive and direct, and mighty enough, could they only appreciate it, to utterly silence all those narrow, shortsighted souls who think that God will only gain a partial victory over the devil, that he will not save the world, but only a portion of it, a vast number being eternally lost. It is very plain why the translators of the common version handled this passage as they did. Their creed would not allow them to accept it just as it reads; it required only a slight change to make it conform to their own idea. They insert the unusual rendering "whosoever," change believing to "believeth," and then, punctuating it accordingly, the passage is "tinkered" so as to harmonize with the creed. Thank God for deliverance from man made creeds! "Let God be true, though every man be false" (Rom. 3:4).
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16
God is offering His wonderful grace to mankind. His arms are reaching out. Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17). He/She can be cleaned up through the blood of Jesus. That's the wonderful love and grace of God! We can be made holy and fit citizens for heaven through the blood of Jesus.
From the very beginning, mankind was to have always walked in God's grace. Mankind was to have never known sickness, diseases, heartaches, hurt and pain. But, mankind listened to the devil to the point where they reached out for sin, the tree of death. And, just as God warned, they died; they reaped a bitter harvest.
So it is today. Mankind is reaping a bitter harvest because of sin; and eventually the flames of hell, just as God has warned. What God says comes to pass.
In order for John 3:16 to be a reality, you must use it by faith; you must claim it along with the whole Word of God. This is God's grace. You can be free from all sin so it no longer has control over you.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. - Romans 6:14
This is God's love and grace!
It was definately in God's plan for man to walk in sickness and disease. To say otherwise is to advertise that God's plan has failed.
It was definately in God's plan for man to walk in sickness and disease. To say otherwise is to advertise that God's plan has failed.
Agreed. This life is a very good training ground for learning the virtues necessary to be made into the image of God. This life teaches us things like:
- patience
- kindness
- endurance
- overcoming evil
- hope
- love
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16
scgraham, don't stop there:
"For God does not dispatch His Son into the world that He should be judging the world, but that the world may be saved through Him" John 3:17
It is not the "may" of doubt but the "may" of contingency. The "may" in verse 17 is in the subjunctive. It is dependent upon what goes before.
For instance, I have a pen in my hand. I will loose my grip on it so it may be falling. The falling of the pen is dependent upon my loosing it. Should I loosen my grip on it the pen will fall.
Likewise, Should God be dispatching His son into the world, the world will be saved. He did, so the world will be saved.
I agree with John 3:16 and I am grateful to the OP for posting such an encouraging scripture that means exactly what is says "For God so loved...." Simple, yet profound.
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