Today we are reading John 3 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan! Anyone who knows me well will know that this chapter contains one of my five very favorite portions of Scripture!
- John 3:16-17 AMP
- Philippians 3:10 AMP
- Joshua 1:8 AMP
- 1 John 5:14-15
- John 17:17
I love ALL of the Word of God, but these hold a very special place in my life. John 3:16-17 says this:
16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
Jesus did NOT come to judge and condemn, and neither should we! He did NOT "send" us to do that, but to preach the Gospel (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15). When we are faithful to preach the simple Gospel message, HE is faithful to confirm that Word with signs, wonders and miracles (Mark 16:20) that attest to Who He is and what He's done for us! Our one commandment. that fulfills ALL of the other commandments, is to love HIM first, and then to love each other (Mark 12:30-31). The message that we have is clear and simple. You have to really be trying in order to mess it up! While we were SINNERS, Christ died for us so that we would no longer have to be sinners, but we could become saints of the Most High God through the Blood of Jesus (Romans 5:8)! He could NOT love you more, and he WILL NOT love you any less - EVER! AMEN! With that confidence, let's join with Hillsong Young and Free in singing "Wake", waking up and stirring up the fire and the gifts and the talents and the calling of God that HE has placed inside of us from before we were ever born! AMEN!
Shalom in Him!
