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John 3:17 (NKJV)  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

 

John 3:16 is probably the best known and most referenced verse in the Bible.  You may even see it referenced today in the end zone at the Super Bowl.  Today's verse follows right after it but is often overlooked.

Those who doubt, question or reject Christ often view him and Christians as those who judge and condemn.  Jesus' mission and that of His followers then and now is to testify of Him as Saviour, healer, and forgiver.

 

As you prepare to worship today, perhaps you may consider the words to the song "God Sent His Son", also known as "Because He Lives"

God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus 
He came to love, heal and forgive
He lived and died, to buy my pardon
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living just because He lives

And then one day, I'll cross the river
I'll fight life's final war with pain

And then as death gives way to vict'ry
I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives     (Songwriter : Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Alceu Damico)

 

May we testify that He is the Saviour.

 

1 John 4:14 (HCSB) And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world's Savior.

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace  NIV

John 3:16-21 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

¹⁸ "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. ²¹ But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."