Bible verse john 3 16 wallpaper7/31/2023 ![]() When you join Him in death, you will join Him in resurrection too. It is essential to understand that Jesus died on the cross, AND on the third day, He rose from the dead. Believing in Him is a matter of trust, a state of the heart. The only requirement for reconciliation to God is to believe in Jesus Christ. Instead of separation and death, you can have everlasting life. ![]() He died on your behalf! He removed the sin that separates you from God. It focuses God’s plan of salvation for the whole World on every person, including you! Regardless of your culture, ethnicity, or creed, God is reaching out to you, saying, “believe in Jesus Christ and be reconciled to Me.” He can do this because He considered Jesus’ death on the cross to be full payment for all your sins, past, present, and future. The word “whosoever” is like a magnifying lens. That whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. ![]() In contrast to the World, Jesus said, “I lay down my life to do the Father’s will.” God counted His death on the cross as payment for sins on behalf of every human being. This God-Man willingly allowed the World to crucify Him without having ever committed a crime. He is unblemished by sin, neither by actions nor by inheritance. Fully God and fully man, the one and only who is holy. He never ceased to be God, but somehow He prepared a human body for Himself and came to live among us. God took on flesh and entered into the World. The World does not acknowledge Him as the giver of life, wrongly insisting, “this is my life, and I will live it the way I want.” See Romans 8:5-8. Rebellion - The World is in a state of rebellion against God, rejecting Him and His authority as the sovereign ruler over all creation. Some may wonder what kind of God would send people to hell, but the truth is that those who perish refuse to come to the source of eternal life and thus condemn themselves to an eternity of separation from God. When God became one of us two thousand years ago, the World crucified Him. It questions His wisdom and even his motivations in accepting worship. Anger - The World is angry at God it is predisposed to blame Him and will take every opportunity to mock Him. See Isaiah 59:2 and 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9.Ģ. This separation between God and the World was caused by sin when it entered the World through Adam’s disobedience to God. Since God alone is the source of life, when the World rejects Him, it brings death to itself. A good definition of death is separation from God. God’s creation, which was initiated and made by Him and for Him, has been “hijacked” by Satan and has been corrupted so that it is no longer able to connect with God on its own. Separation There is a divide between God and His creation caused by rebellion against Him. A more elaborate multi-dimensional model is needed.ġ. Are they concentric? Are they overlapping? I’ve been attempting to develop an accurate and useful layout but have not succeeded so far. If we try to illustrate John 3:16, it would be hard to figure out where to place the circles. The Church is a subset of the world communities, made up of individuals connected by a personal relationship to Jesus Christ. The World is the complex system of cultures throughout history, made up of individual men and women living in communities. Technically, there are four characters in this verse, but I will consider that the Father and the Son are one for this article. ![]() In this verse, God the Father and God the Son are the sources of sacrificial love for the World. The New Testament further reveals that God exists in three Persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God refers to the God of Abraham of the Old Testament. We must first identify the three characters of John 3:16. We need to understand these three characters and how they are related to each other. Taking a closer look, note that there are three main characters in this verse, God (The Father and The Son), the World, and those who have everlasting life, people that other verses in the Bible call the Church. We cannot fully comprehend what God sees in the World that makes it so precious to Him, especially when we consider that the World does not feel the same way about God. This love is so powerful that He offered up His one and only Son, the most precious and beloved Person to Him, for the sake of the World. The main point of the verse is to emphasize the sacrificial love of God for the World. To appreciate the big picture, we need to look at some details. “God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 is probably one of the most concise summaries of the major themes in the Bible, connecting them to produce the big picture.
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