John 3:16-18
“16For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.”
**God has proven His love
by the sacrifice of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Jesus was crucified for
crimes He didn’t commit (He knew of no sin); He carried our sins upon Himself
in exchange for us to have life. **
2 Corinthians 5:21
“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in
Him.”
**Jesus came to fulfill
the prophecies of God, by walking among the people and speaking of the kingdom of
God. Many came to hear of the words spoken of by Jesus Christ, in which he said
His words came from our Father in heaven.
God stated in Leviticus
26:12 that he would walk among the people, and He did just that through Jesus
Christ our Lord. **
Leviticus 26:12
“And I will walk among you, and
will be your God and ye shall be my people.”
**Jesus was the
fulfillment of God’s promises, as we are given the opportunity every day to
receive salvation and to gain a wonderful relationship with Him. Jesus broke
the barrier between God and His children: we just need to take the next step
into accepting Him into our hearts.
God gives free will to
choose between good and evil; to walk in His ways or to continue to walk in the
ways of His enemy; satan. There are those in the world that hate the light
(Holy living) of Christ and choose to stay in darkness (sins/worldly living). **
John 3:19-21
“19And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may
be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than
any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
** Many in the world today
are in love with their sinful living and are comfortable with the way things
are in their life, that when they hear of God’s truth they are convicted and
either do one of two things: 1. Repent and accept Jesus into their heart or 2.
Turn away from the truth and continue in their sinful living. The reason for
the 2nd option for most is that every person has something that they
possess and hold on to, and when given the ultimatum of letting that object
(wealth, significant other, job) go to live a life for Christ, they say it is
too unbearable.
Jesus is the perfect fix
to your problems, and the only one that can make all things possible in life;
we have to let go and trust in Him. **
Matthew 11:28-30
“Come unto me all ye, that
labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto
your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 5:6
“Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
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