GOD'S GREATEST GIFT
JOHN 3:16
Jesus was talking with Nicodemus.
In John chapter 3: 1 - 21, this is recorded for us. Jesus told Nicodemus that "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him might not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
1. FOR - the greatest Purpose - It is God's eternal purpose in Christ.
Ephesians 3:11." According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Jesus Christ our Lord."
2. GOD - the greatest PERSON. None can be compared with Him.
Psalm 89:6 -8 Who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints; and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Isaiah 40: 18, 25,28. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him: ....To whom will ye liken me, or shall I be equal" saith the Holy One....Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding..."
3. SO LOVED - the greatest affection. God loves us with the deepest love.
Ephesians 2:4 But God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith He loved us,"
Romans 5.8. But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
4. THE WORLD - It includes everyone, the whole earth and all that dwell in it - Acts 1:8
But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
These words uttered by the Risen Lord Jesus to his disciples as he ascended into heaven from Mount Olives.
5. THAT HE GAVE -
He gave the greatest gift of all.
II Corinthians 9:15 "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift."
6. HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON -
The greatest sacrifice. The Father sent the Son. I John 4:9,10 "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for sins."
7. THAT WHOSOEVER -
The greatest opportunity. In speaking to the woman at the well, in John 4.13,14 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
8. BELIEVETH -
The greatest simplicity. The offer is of salvation through simple faith.
Romans 10: 8 - 10 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach: that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
9. IN HIM -
The greatest attraction. Jesus said He would draw all people to Himself by His sacrifice on the cross.
John 12:32 " And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
10. SHOULD NOT PERISH -
The greatest deliverance.
Acts 2.21 And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.
11. BUT - The greatest difference.
Sin brings death - but the Gospel brings life.
Romans 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12. HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
The greatest possession. This is man's greatest possession - because without it, all other possessions wither and die. \
John 11: 25-26
Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
Like the quietness of the Redwood Forest, and the light that must keep the trees growing, only by the Light of the world can a person be born into God's family.
John 3.16 was spoken by Jesus Himself to Nicodemus. He is still speaking to us from the written Word.
You can say
" FOR GOD SO LOVED ________(put your name in the verse) _
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT _(put your name in the verse) _
BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."
I would encourage you that God's Word is true, and that God is faithful. He will never leave nor forsake you. Life comes from trusting Him. John 8.12 Jesus said that the words he spoke and how we responded to them is what will really make a difference in where we spend Eternity,
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I INVITE YOU TO ATTEND MY CHURCH IN BIRCH BAY WA. IF YOU EVER ARE IN THIS AREA.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH
