“God so loved the world that He gave his
only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him won’t perish but will have
eternal life.” (John 3:16, CEB)
John 3:16 seems so simple, yet profound in “that everyone who
believes in Him won’t perish but will have eternal life.” To many it means that God did His part
by offering the gift of salvation through His Son, and we do our part by
accepting Him as our Savior.
The word in John 3:16 that seems to get the most attention is everyone. How can we better understand what this word means? The original language of the book of John is Koine Greek. The phrase is "pas ho pisteuwn," translated in English means "in order that all believing in Him will not to die, but have eternal life." God’s gift of salvation…
The word in John 3:16 that seems to get the most attention is everyone. How can we better understand what this word means? The original language of the book of John is Koine Greek. The phrase is "pas ho pisteuwn," translated in English means "in order that all believing in Him will not to die, but have eternal life." God’s gift of salvation…
1.
Is available to
everyone
“And everyone
who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Acts 2:21, CEB)
“Christ is a substitute for
everything, but nothing is a substitute for Christ.” (Harry Ironside)
2.
Is provided by
believing in Jesus
“I tell you for certain that everyone who
has faith in me has eternal life.” (John
6:47, CEV)
“Believing the right things
about Jesus isn't enough. You're not adopted as God's child until you confess
and turn away from your wrongdoing and receive the freely offered gift of
forgiveness and eternal life that Jesus purchased with His death on the cross.
Until you do that, you'll always be on the outside looking in.” (Lee Strobel)
“God's
love in John 3:16 is not amazing because the world is so big, but because the
world is so bad.”
(D. A. Carson)[i]
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