In other words, when John 3:16 says that God loves the world, it means that He loves every person, head for head, equally. Altos: Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen! C2, Bible ܗܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܝܝܩ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܥܠܡܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܠܒܪܗ ܝܚܝܕܝܐ ܢܬܠ ܕܟܠ ܡܢ ܕܡܗܝܡܢ ܟܗ ܠܐ ܢܐܟܙ ܐܠܐ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܠܗ ܝܚܐ ܕܠܥܠܡ܀ Hāḵanā gér ʼaḥeḇ ʼalāhā lʻālmā ʼaykanā dlaḇreh yḥyḏāyā yetel dkul man damhaymen beh lā naḇaḏ élā nehwuwn leh ḥayé dalʻālam. . In order to understand what John 3:16 really means, and whether or not Hernandez could be truly forgiven for such a despicable deed, we need to go back to the original context of how the verse is communicated. Term used preeminently of Jesus Christ, as enjoying the supreme love of God, united to him in affectionate intimacy, privy to his saving councils, obedient to the Father's will in all his acts 1493 o, ra {ho} 1 the 2 this, that, these, etc. Otherwise not to believe would be no sin to them.
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. Because they both had jobs, they had difficulty coordinating their travel schedules. Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. But all that human thought has ever gathered of tenderness, forgiveness, love, in the relation of father to only child—all this is, in the faintness of an earth-drawn picture, an approach to the true idea of God. To believe about Him is not to believe on Him; and unless you believe on Him you will get no good out of Him. What does it signify though we have food to eat in plenty, and variety of raiment to put on, if we are not born again? Red letter Bibles inform us that it is Jesus who is speaking, but whether Jesus is speaking in the Bible or not, the message does not change.
Christ seems to have preferred this to the other Messianic titles, because by its lowliness it was least suited to foster the expectation of an earthly Messiah in royal splendour. Yes, the true idea is infinitely beyond all this; for the love for the world gives in sacrifice the love for the only begotten Son. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, Treasury of Scripture 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. It means that something is done in us, and for us, which we cannot do for ourselves. For God loved the world in this way: so much that he would give up his Son, The Only One, so that everyone who trusts in him shall not be lost, but he shall have eternal life.
And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. It was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues to the Christian assemblies, that when he who had read or discoursed, had offered up solemn prayer to God, the others responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own. However, since most of the other Jewish religious leaders were skeptical of Jesus, Nicodemus decided to visit Jesus secretly at night. It is continuing action, meaning that one must continue to believe cf. And this Son was not any of his sons by adoption, but his only begotten Son; not so called as Socinians would have it because of his singular generation of the virgin without help of man, but from his eternal generation, in whom the Gentiles should trust, , which none ought to do, but in God alone,. B - B' Events at the Temple in Jerusalem: In speaking to the authorities in John 2 Jesus refers not to the actual temple but rather His own body and to the woman Jesus declares all such earthly temples now superseded. In John 3:16, Jesus tells Nicodemus that those who believe in him will have eternal life.
The wind bloweth where it listeth for us; God directs it. Tweeddale is academic dean and professor of theology at. The Divine love to the whole of humanity in its condition of supreme need, i. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. But God will not force us to trust him.
God sent One to save us, that was dearest to himself; and shall he not be dearest to us? How great is the misery of unbelievers! So why do so many choose not to believe? Francis Maloney, The Gospel of John Collegeville, Minn. If you will only remember that, a great many of the shallow and popular objections to the great doctrine of the Atonement disappear at once. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Unbelief is a sin against the remedy. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father's side, has made Him known. The regenerating work of the Holy Spirit is compared to water.
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. I love you, I love you, I love you! For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. So long as he continues under a load of unforgiven guilt, there can be little else than slavish fear of God; but when his doubts are done away, when he sees the righteous ground whereon this forgiveness is built, he rests on it as his own, and is united to God by unfeigned love. It's the narrator, not Jesus, who is most likely speaking in John 3:13-21. And that is what we are! Finally, we have here the draught of living water. And the great and blessed truth taught here is that, however I may drag myself away from God, I cannot drive Him away from me, and that however little I may care for Him, or love Him, or think about Him, it does not make one hairs-breadth of difference as to the fact that He loves me. Here is God's love in giving his Son for the world.
If we have believed in Jesus, we have — right now — eternal life. We have here a notice of Christ's two distinct natures in one person, so that while he is the Son of man, yet he is in heaven. Christ seems to have preferred this to the other Messianic titles, because by its lowliness it was least suited to foster the expectation of an earthly Messiah in royal splendour. The word is all inclusive cf. But that is not the way in which God loves. There are other scholars agreeing with this assessment.
Investigators also found three handwritten notes — whose contents have not been released — next to a Bible in his cell. Moody is the founder of Moody Church in Chicago and the Moody Bible Institute. Here, also, is the great gospel duty, to believe in Jesus Christ. For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded.