Subject: Confirmation, not selection/John 3:16-21
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Subject: Confirmation, not choice / John 3:16-21
[Introduction] 185 times in the "World" New Testament. Gospel of John-78, Epistles of John-24, Revelation-3.
Synoptic Gospels-8+3+3=14, Paul-47, etc-. A very meaningful and important word to John.
(1) The created universe-1:3. (2) The object of judgment, hostile to Christ-14:17, "I
Spirit of truth, the world does not receive him, because it does not see him.
15:18, "If the world hates you, it hates me first."
Allah". (3) The object of salvation, the object of love - 3:16, 1:29, "The one who takes away the sins of the world
Lamb of God".
Today's title is an answer to what the purpose and intention of the text is. First of all--
Let's think about the two sides of God's love-the love of the text.
It was love that God sent His Son into the world. But that love
It has two sides.
1. To save those who believe in the Son. Verses 17, 18.
2. To judge unbelievers.
(Ex) Noah's Flood/Doubleness: (1) Salvation. 1 Peter 3:20. "By water in the ark
There are only a few people who have been saved, only eight.” (2) Judgment. “Forgive the old world.
but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and his seven households,
He brought the flood upon the world of those who did not."
* When you think of the flood incident, love not only the judges, but also Noah and his family.
God's love to save them and preserve their godly posterity.
should not be taken lightly.
* Flood Judgment = Flood Salvation! Two sides of love appear. God
He sent Jesus into the world and gave it up on the cross to save the world and
He has two sides to judge the world.
3. But "believing" is not an option. Believing and not believing are like
expressed as a choice. But faith cannot be the means of salvation. just salvation
It's just the evidence you get.
(Example) Moses. Exodus 3:11,12. "Who am I----After I brought it out, in Isan
You will serve me, and this will be the evidence that I sent you."
Do you believe in God? The answer to the question will be known as a result. how do things like that
Will there be? - I will be with you - this is the answer.
Romans 3:10,11 "There is none righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands,
No one is looking for it."
Sinners who were dead in their trespasses and sins come to believe in the living God, Jesus
To receive Christ is to see with your own eyes the light of life that has come into the world.
It is only with God that we are set free from such sins and transgressions.
It is the result of being alive and the evidence. Therefore, faith is not the means to salvation.
Evidence.
Do I have faith the size of a mustard seed now?
The evidence that you came to me, were with me, and delivered me through the merits of the cross of Jesus.
Am I serving God and worshiping him now?---God is with me
It is the proof that we were together and delivered from the power of death from the oppression of Egypt.
4. But hatred is one's own choice. responsibility
The sinner's disposition, hobbies, and choices are all like that.-----Romans 3:12-18.
[Conclusion] The foreword of the signboard at the gate of heaven - Anyone who believes, please come in here.
Afterword.---Only those whom God has chosen can enter here.
I think I believed it, but God's 100% grace, God's 100% grace, but I
Being 100% determined to do what you believe. This is also one of God's love.
Therefore, the purpose of today's text is to come as a light into the world.
I am not asking you to see Jesus or to believe in him.
In this way God has made us be with us, and thus
It is to know that you have loved and saved. not a request to choose
It's about confirming love.