“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.” John 3:16.
For God so loved the world.
1) Why should God love the world?
God loved the world because He created it (Gen 2:3). He has special interest to know, see and get involved with the world. It is not compulsory for Him. It wouldn’t have made any difference to His being whether or not he created the world. He would have been there, just like he was there before the creation because He is infinite and timeless.
2) He loved the world, what kind of love is this?
a) His love is evident right from the time He created the world by the way He showed mercy on Adam & Eve (Gen 3). God could have destroyed the moment when they committed sin against Him. Instead He provided their descendants a way to come back to His Kingdom, even though they were driven out of His garden, through faith in His Son.
b) He provided them the skin coats when Adam & Eve were naked. (Gen 3:21)
c) Out of His love God chose Abraham and blessed His descendants like the stars of the sky and the sand of the sea. (Gen 12)
d) He loved the ‘primary reason’ for the world to be created, the man. After all, what is world, without man?
e) Because He loved the world, He gave His only begotten son.
He gave His only begotten son
1) He gave His son to the world
What kind of Son is He?
a) He is begotten not created (John 10:30); He is eternal precious, holy, absolutely just, righteous, sinless, spotless, pure (1 Tim 1:17, Psalm 86:8, Matt 5:48, and Rom 11:33).....
b) He is God (John 10:30).
What necessitated God to give His son? Although there is nothing that necessitates that God should do anything for people, He sent His son because people fell in sin, which is beyond our comprehension.
Although it is extremely painful for God the Father to send him to the world to be punished, He gave Him away so that
Whoever will believe in Him will not perish .You and I may not be punished eternally in hell. How do we escape punishment? We escape the punishment because he bore the punishment on our behalf on the Calvary. By trusting in Him, we will not ‘perished’
But have everlasting life
What better gift do you want than ‘Everlasting life’ this Christmas? RBC, Vinukonda.
