Verse of the Day 12/13

 

Verse  of  the Day 12/13

 

John 3:17   For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.  English Standard Version (ESV)

 

Christmas is  a time  of  giving, we celebrate Christmas because  of the greatest  gift that was given  to us, the gift of  God's  One  and Only begotten  Son (John  3:16).   The passage from John chapter  3 is  most  known  for verse 16, but today's verse which  directly follows gives us the  intended purpose "that  the world may  be saved through Him".  He  was given  for our deliverance, which is why today's  verse says that He didn't  come  to  condemn  the world,  but  to offer salvation to it.

 

Our Pastor  Bob  pointed out  in his sermon  this past  Sunday that the "condemning" in the verse deals with religion.  The Pharisees  were all about this, all over this, quick  to  point  out shortcomings and short on grace.  Jesus in His life, was not  this way, the woman at  the  well and  the  woman  caught  in  adultery are a couple  of  examples,  you  can probably think  of  others.  He did  tell the woman caught  in adultery "go and  sin  no  more", but it  was after He  had offered forgiveness, by His grace.

 

You will see many manger scenes this season.  When you  do, you should not  fail  to see the  cross in the manger  scene.  The purpose and  plan  of God in  Jesus'  birth  was the cross and it is because  of the cross and the  price  that He paid that if we believe and trust in  Him there will be no  condemnation, but salvation.

 

Praise the Savior, ye who know Him!

Who can tell how much we owe Him?

Gladly let us render to Him

  All we are and have.

 

"God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again."  John 3:17a The  Message

 

Blessings,

 

Mike

 

John 3:17-18The Message (MSG)

 

16-18 "This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

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