For God so Loved

Everyone who has spent time in church and many who have not can quote John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

We can say it, we have heard it but have we ever really taken time to think about it?

For God....The eternal Father, the creator of all things. He who breathed life into man and spoke the world and all things in it into existence. The timeless one who walked with Adam in the cool of the day, supernaturally took Enoch to Heaven and called Moses friend. The power of creation for only He was able to set the boundaries for the sea. The power of the storm who talked to Job from the whirlwind and the power over the storm when He said, "Peace, be still." The gentle one who promises to all born again believers that there is coming a day when He will wipe every tear from our eyes.

so loved the world......That means all of us. Not just the really good ones, Christ said there is none good except the Father in Heaven. God the Father loved and loves everyone. The weak and wounded, the homosexual, the drug addict, the alcoholic, the poor, the rich, the wounded, the sad, the happy, the joyful. God is so dedicated to love that He even loves preachers and being one myself I know that it takes a lot of love to love a preacher.

that He gave His only begotten son.....Jesus Christ, the sinless lamb, the only perfect man, God in the flesh, my savior and yours to if you have one because He is the only one. He is Jesus the only name under Heaven whereby men must be saved, the name at which one day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He and He alone is Lord.

that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. There is an old song that says, "whosoever surley meaneth me" and I am thankful that all of us can have eternal life through Jesus Christ. You may say I don't believe in God or Christ. Let me ask you this. What do you believe in? What does eternity hold for you and how do you know? Jesus is life and apart from Him there may be some form of existence but there is no true life. He is the only one that can give you true everlasting peace and assurance that there is hope. Maybe you believe in God and Jesus. The Bible says the demons also believe and tremble. To believe simply isn't enough. The Bible says you must be born again. That in believing Jesus is the Son of God you come to a realization of your sin, you confess your sin, repent (sorrow, wanting to turn from) your sin, confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God and then and only then can you be saved. And if you truly have a born again experience with Jesus Christ then it Will change the way you talk, the way you act, and it will even change the way you think. Jesus Christ will transform you into a new creation and if Christ never transforms you then by what right can you claim salvation?

Eternal life is available to all no matter who you are, where you are, or what you've done. embrace Jesus today and if you already have then tell others of His salvation. Whosoever, PRAISE THE LORD, means me.