Dear Weekly Readers!
The children are back in school here in the USA after having
over 2 months off for the summer vacation.
I have decided to share the verse that is perhaps the most popular verse
in the Bible, maybe a very simple verse that children can understand, but a verse
that is so very meaningful and powerful that this short article or even a full
sermon could not begin to reach in fullness what this verse contains.
May God Bless your Week!
John R.
John 3:16: “For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Martin Luther has described this verse as
“The Bible in Miniature.” There are so
many heavenly truths contained in this verse.
Here are just a few of these.
“For God” By this statement we see a definite
declaration of The DIVINE! FOR GOD. This is just a factual matter, no room for
debate. The Bible never tries to prove
the existence of God. The Bible starts
out by saying, “In the beginning God….”
When reading the Bible, man is brought face to face with the declaration
that God exists. Man must either accept
or reject that fact. The God the Bible
speaks about is the one True God. Ever
present, all powerful, sovereign, all knowing, the God of Love, the God who has
Grace, Mercy, and Wrath. God who is Righteous, Supreme, Immutable, and Eternal. This
is of whom the FOR
GOD statement is referring.
These first two words leave no room for doubt of the meaning
of the following words because God Said them.
“so loved the world”
How much did He love the world? SO very much that He gave His only begotten
Son. This is the supreme demonstration
of divine love. What an amazing act of
Love. God gave His Son. Why? Because He is God. No one could have forced Him to give His Son,
because no one has power over God. God
gave His Son. And Jesus gave His life
willing for His friends. For you and me, the sinners, who are part of
the world that God Loved so much.
“that whosoever” This tells us of the reach of God’s
Salvation plan. This is the greatest invitation! God loves His created beings, and wants them
reunited with Him! God created all, but
yet He does not look at us as one great mass of humanity, but rather as
individuals that He loves, and who He wants to know personally, and to whom He
wants to give every opportunity to be saved.
“believeth in him should not perish” When a
person is humbled, repents and believes the Word of God, the Gospel of Jesus
Christ by faith, putting full belief in Him, then one shall have the greatest
deliverance. Only then, because of faith
in HIM! Under no other circumstances
can one avoid the fact that all will perish without HIM. God said it, it is so!
“but have everlasting life.” The “but”
represents the greatest of all possible differences. Heaven or Hell. Joy,
Peace and Bliss, or damnation and suffering.
The “Have” represents the greatest certainty. The believer will HAVE everlasting
life! What a joy it is to be In
Jesus. To Have everlasting life. Not
because of what I have done, but because of Who He is and What He has done!
Lord, allow us to Believe in Him all the days of our
lives! We want to be with Thee in Heaven
for ever and ever!
Amen,
John Ruotsala 
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