But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” So receiving Jesus and believing Jesus explain each other. TITLE: God’s Grace as Shown by John 3:16 We’re worshipping the gift and not the giver. Intro: This is perhaps the greatest text in the Bible. We loved this gift and accepted him as being from God. Giving God nothing leads to being cast out of the vineyard. Third, therefore, Jesus is the Son of God not because the Father had sex with Mary, but because the Son has always existed, without beginning, as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3). We can have a relationship with God through believing in Christ Jesus. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Receive the treasure of Christ — and life. John 3:16. Don’t try to purchase their obedience or affection. The Son of God didn’t just give some away. Scripture: John 3:16. 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. There’s more than one way to break what God has given us. If God doesn’t need anything in this world in order to be who he is, then why did he create the world at all? Verse 17 replaces the word give with send. A SERMON FROM JOHN 3:16 (REVISED AND CONDENSED FROM A SERMON BY DR. HYMERS TITLED, “THREE GREAT QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROM JOHN 3:16”) by Mr. John Samuel Cagan. Guys you love knitting too! “For God so loved the Jews” would not have been shocking to a Jew. These false teachers were haughty and unloving. We will ask, How does God love us in this passage? God gave and we broke. 2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. A few weeks go by and you go over to see your friend. A SERMON FROM JOHN 3:16 (REVISED AND CONDENSED FROM A SERMON BY DR. HYMERS TITLED, “THREE GREAT QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROM JOHN 3:16”) by Mr. John Samuel Cagan. I tried to distill his entire book into one single sermon. There may … Eternal life is knowing and experiencing God himself. Sermon / Homily on St. John 3:16 Immeasurable Love (John 3:16) by Charles H. Spurgeon, 1885 "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." For God so loved the world, &c. — Here our Lord proceeds to inform Nicodemus, that men owed the blessings above mentioned to the free and immense love of God the Father, who desired their salvation with such ardency, that he sent his only-begotten Son to bestow it upon them; and that it is designed for all that will accept of it in the way God hath appointed. If ever. Broken. “The Word became flesh and . “For God so loved the world, that he gave. He could have created a world without color or without joy unless you believe in him. God didn’t need us, but he gave everything to us. John 7:7: “The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.” John 14:17: “the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.”. Scripture: John 3:16. “For God so loved the world…” Just like a full size crunch bar gets better and better with each bite, so … Help Quick Nav Advanced Options. . John Piper Dec 18, 1994 25 Shares Sermon. He is author of. .”. What this is saying is that God gave us … Intro: The phone rang the other day and I answered it.After several seconds of silence a voice on the other end of the line spoke and … And the other is that it is a giving, not just to come to earth, but to die. And perishing means staying there forever under God’s wrath. Jesus told a parable of a man who planted a vineyard (Matt 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19). What could be more relevant for you right now? the Bible, it would be John 3:16. The Son of God. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for John 3:16 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "GOD'S LOVE." John 3:16 Velma Gunter Funeral Sermon 14 October Anno Domini 2003 Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Emmett, Idaho Pastor Michael L. McCoy Grace, mercy and peace to you in the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. So there was nothing new or shocking to the Jews about the fact that God loved the Jews. For some people you love buying gifts. How did Jesus do this? God gave his son out of love for you. The owner sent another servant and another. I’m not asking if you give lip-service to this verse. • John 3:16: God loved the world. If … You’ve been spending weeks and weeks knitting a beautiful sweater for a friend. – John 3:16. One, he is God. .”. For others maybe gift-giving or gift-receiving causes anxiety and worry. So hard to understand this concept of God’s love. That’s how the story should have gone, right?! “For God so loved sinful Jews” might have been a bit more of a stretch, but if a religious Jew thought about it, he might concede the point. It has been called the. Rather, give freely. And we will seek to apply that to ourselves as we go along. And at this point, don’t forget what we saw under the word gave — “For God so loved the world that he gave. It’s just as amazing — only a million times more so — as if you should say to your son, “There is something I want you to do for me: I have some enemies that deserve to perish, and I want you to go and die in their place, so that they can have eternal life.” Whatever else you know about God, make sure you know he is like that. It is the love … A cursory reading of the Gospel … 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. How might you give out of your creativity and love, expecting nothing in return? And nothing sweeter than friends singing and reading God’s word. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. From The People's New Testament, B.W. Then look at verse 14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” This verse clarifies three things for us. Another thing that’s clear here is that verse 18 describes perishing as being condemned. It has been called a love letter. John 17:3 (NIV) Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 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.. John 3:16 … God gave his Son for us and the Son gave his all for us and now the question is…. gospel in a nutshell. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish. These are the greatest things that can be. . If anybody is rescued, God does it. When it was time for harvest the owner sent his servants to collect some of the fruit but the tenants beat his servants and send them away. He is fully God. John 3:16. RVR60 VUL WLC LXX mGNT TR . He was a character. Fourth, if we ask, “Receive him as what?” the answer would be, “Receive him as what he is.” For example, in John 6:35, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” So here believing means coming to Jesus and receiving him as the food and drink that satisfies our souls. He put a lot of time and effort into the vineyard. That is the way John is using world here. This is probably the most famous verse in the entire Bible. My original plan for this sermon was to preach out of Proverbs on gift-giving but the more I studied Proverbs the more I found it didn’t have a whole lot to say on gifting. It describes the way God is acting to rescue us from this condition. God gave his Son…. He wants to restore the gift. It’s the countless number of perishing people from whom the “whoevers” come in the second part of the verse: “that whoever believes in him should not perish.” The world is the great ocean of perishing sinners from whom the whoever comes. 7:6-8; 10:14-15; Mal. "Immeasurable Love," John 3:16, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1885. This sermon was preached on December 2, 2012. The story behind the sermon (Craig Brian Larson) The background of my approach to this sermon: As I began work on this sermon, I realized that it has been many years since I preached on this great verse, and so the process of writing this sermon was as delightful as running into a wonderful friend you haven't seen in years. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Zoom Christian Education Hour – New Testament Survey. Who is Jesus? May God grant you such faith. God gives and we break. The Duty: Faith. It has several meanings. Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 26, 2020. Jesus often refers to Himself as the Son of Man (3:15), but never as God’s “only begotten Son,” which is John’s way of referring to Jesus. God. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son. Love. For instance, a … Turn back to chapter 1 where John gave us our basic understanding of the Son of God. Search verses, phrases, and topics (e.g. A sermon preached at the Baptist Tabernacle of Los Angeles Lord’s Day Evening, July 31, 2016 I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’. Adrian Dieleman. Is everything you do permeated with this verse? It’s understandable, and it is very good. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. The Design Is Love. When John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world that he gave,” it means he gave his one and only begotten Son to a world of rebels, serpent bitten, sinful, perishing — and him their only hope. Inevitably, we’re all going to feel disappointment at some point during the Holidays. They were the religious leaders who had the opportunity to receive the gift but rejected it. If your answer is nothing, if you like life your way, if you prefer the gifts to the giver, although this may be one option, it ends in heartbreak. But not everybody has eternal life. God gave his Son and we broke him. We see this in John 3:36: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” So we are already under condemnation because of our sin and unbelief. The New Testament often uses “faith” as a synecdoche (a figure of speech whereby the part is made to stand for the whole) to denote the sum total of gospel obedience. But, I differ in opinion here, and think that the evening meeting between Jesus and Nicodemus ended at v15, which would mean John 3:16 is where the apostle John’s reflection on this meeting begins. Why? Then I went into the store and picked out a gift for him. He gave his everything. He was a truck driver. God gives and the people break the relationship. They know how much time I spent on that sweater. Introduction (John 3:1-15) This morning we come to what may well be the most familiar verse in all the Bible – John 3:16. Your friend is going to donate it your gift to Savers! For some of us it will be because we didn’t receive the thing we wanted. A sermon … There are two parts to ever person: a temporary body and a permanent soul. In John 10:17–18, we see what the climax of that mission from the Father is. Yesterday, for the first time ever in any of my sermons, I focused exclusively on the most famous verse in the Bible, John 3:16. But John 3:16 tells us there’s hope. John … NET RSV ASV YLT DBY WEB HNV. (Ill. 1 John 4:9-10; Isa. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. . SUBJECT: Theology: Soteriology. So let’s turn first to the seven big words in verse 16. He freely created this world so that we could enjoy it with him. What I’m saying is that whatever you give needs to be motivated by love, not by a check list, in a desire to express care. All of us were made by this God, and our first and highest duty and reason for being is to honor him and give him thanks (Romans 1:21). John 3:16 Funeral of Ron Hanson I learned many things about Ronald Joseph Hanson when I met with him in the hospital and later with his family at his home. He humbled himself. John Piper Dec 11, 1994 1.6K Shares Sermon. We don’t perish under the wrath of God because Jesus died in our place under the wrath of God. John 3:16 - Sermon Notes. That’s what perishing means. This verse also tells just who He dies for: the world. I want to take a moment and talk about disappointment. Never give a gift?! John 3:16 is often called the "golden text" of the Bible. One Christmas my brother Nathanael went into the store and bought his gift for me. And in that instant, we are born again, we believe, we are united with the Son of God, and we have his life. . You and me. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This does not simply mean you exist forever. And we as humanity received this gift with open arms. Pastor Jonathan Romig preached this message at Cornerstone Congregational Church. For God so loved the world, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah… We need to slow down and notice the huge implications of this verse, and the verses that surround it. We have all failed, and we are all under his righteous displeasure. As I searched the Scriptures I fell on one verse that reminded me of what Christmas and gift-giving is really all about. . But “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” The rest will perish — and not have eternal life. . For others it will be because what we gave isn’t well received. TITLE: God’s Grace as Shown by John 3:16. On the one hand, verse 8 says that God the Spirit blows where he wills and makes alive whom he chooses. “The word was with God.” And third, he was therefore always in existence and never came to be. God has a better gift in store—the gift of his Son, Christ Jesus. Reflection. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” God loves you so much that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to be born on earth and die on a cross. Things? And along with God the Spirit, they are one God, one divine nature. Many hold this passage very dear. And none of us has the power to make it happen. The world. .” The most common meaning for world in John is the created and fallen totality of mankind. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already.” And that means that God’s judicial sentence of wrath is on us as sinners and remains on us. Jesus places “do not … That’s the kind of God we believe in. .” What’s most clear and most important is to see that perish is the alternative to eternal life — “not perish but have eternal life.” So if you perish, you don’t get eternal life. Dec 11, 1994. December 19, 1999. The Destiny: Eternal Life. This life is first that we are born again and have spiritual life. In this sermon on John 3:16 titled “The Love of God,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones looks beyond a superficial interpretation. That is what we will try to understand next week. But on the other hand, John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This surely means that God is loving all and offering all eternal life — the very life that the Spirit gives in verse 8. The truth then is the truth now. Hear that first line again, “For God so loved the world that he gave…” This verse is about the most important gift ever given but this verse is also about the character of the giver himself. John 3:16 is one of those scriptures that Christians have realized summarizes the Bible so very well. During the creation account in Gen 1 we are told each day that what God … Funeral from John 3:16 Bob Ingle John 3:16 There is a promise of God to people who love Him that is so sweet in moments like this: To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 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. Why the incarnation? God gives us parenthood and we neglect our children. I don’t think so. He was there in the Garden of Eden. He gives human beings life and then who does he give all this stuff to? What is eternal life? I think there’s a temptation in Christianity that God wants something out of you. John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. . God doesn’t want us to be stuck forever in this broken gift of a world. Sermon. It’s like the dawn of creation is Christmas day. SUBJECT: Theology: Soteriology. What could be more urgent for you or momentous for you than to know where you stand in relation to what God says to you in this verse? God gave us minds and we’d rather be entertained. If we are giving out of love then we’re reflecting the gift–giver himself. 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. Which leaves just one question: Do you live in the forgiveness and life and freedom of John 3:16? And oh, how I hope you Bethlehem believers know that such a foundational verse is not just for beginners. But before he ever calls us to those things he calls us to know him, to love him… That’s true worship. we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son. His wife was a devout believer and diligently raised her children in the faith. This is what makes John 3:16 so needed and so precious. They struck the first and killed the second. 1 John 3:16-24 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: This is a pastoral letter to churches in conflict––written to address the conflict and to prevent its spread. God loves the whole world. When someone sends you a gift on the outside you look happy but on the inside you’re like, “Agh! Broken. Give genuinely. John 3:16 is a very familiar verse. | 298 views. “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. And the Father is fully God. But how did it actually go? This is a sermon on John 3:16 ***** Sermon on John 3:16 ***** By: Rev. And as personal, he is moral — that is, he deals with us in terms of right and wrong and good and bad. John 3:16 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. He is “the only Son from the Father.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.” He was with God the Father. When Jesus told this parable he spoke it against the teachers of the law and the chief priests. If you were to crack open the very first pages of the Bible you would find a God who is a giver. It’s the first verse I can remember memorizing. Whoever — you, or not. Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis: Commentary, John 3:14-21, Lance Pape, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015. God has been giving and giving of himself and John tells us that God gave us something even more precious than creation. there was a verse that Satan would love to blot out of. God does deserve our worship and he deserves our service to him, in whatever form of work he calls us too. None of us deserves to be made alive. Gift. This epistle, really a sermon, was written for a community that defined itself over and against the world around it. He gives to to Abraham’s descendants the Israelite people and they do their own thing. It’s never really struck me before as being about Christmas. This verse tells that great truth about just how much God loves the world. God gave his Son and we broke him. Billy Graham preaches the truth and hope found only in Jesus Christ. Redirect it. There was once a man who did not believe in either the virgin birth of Christ nor the spiritual meaning behind it, and was skeptical even about God. John 3:16-21. 1:2-3). Thank you.” But you can tell there isn’t really a sparkle in their eyes. .” Muslims and others stumble over the idea of God having a Son. . When we give this Christmas, root your gift-giving in relationship. 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