Today we read another of my favorite verses in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan. John 3:16-17:
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.
God SO loved, and LOVES, that He gave! And then verse 17 says that He did NOT send JESUS into the world to judge (reject, condemn or to pass sentence on) the world! And neither should we! We have been given the Ministry of Reconciliation, which means that we have been charged with telling the world NOTY that they are sinners, but that they HAVE a SAVIOUR, if they will only accept and receive HIM! There is a very big difference between preaching JESUS as Saviour and preaching a message of condemnation. The GOOD NEWS will draw unbelievers to JESUS! Telling them that they are sinners is NOT preaching the Gospel! Telling them that ALL have sinned, but that WE HAVE A SAVIOUR is the Gospel! AMEN! Let's make sure that OUR message is the message that HE has called us to spread! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Tell The World":
Shalom in Him!
