Sunday, March 03, 2013

God wants you to live.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. Jn 3:16
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Do you believe?
Do you believe that there is a God?
Do you believe that God loved the world?
Do you believe God sent his Son? 
Do you believe in the Son of God?

Jesus is the son of God.

Do you believe that God gives eternal life to those who believe in Jesus?

Jesus didn't come to be a judge, he came to save it.

This story starts with God's love. But quickly the question is raised, "Do you love God?" People loved darkness rather than light. Can you see the sad story of rejection and unrequited love?

God loved the world but the world loved darkness because their deeds were evil. The world did not love God.

"But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."

Look at the promise of life.  God wants you to have life. Belief in Jesus results in life.

Do you have life?
Do you have confidence in God's gift of life?
Do you believe?
If you believe you have life, you have the love of God, and you have the promise of eternal life.

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John 3:16-21, 30-36 NLT

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.  God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.  And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.  All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”

He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less. “He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.  He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them! Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true. For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit. The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands. And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

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