John 3 -- What It's All About

This chapter is all about knowing the way to heaven.  John tells us in plain and easy to understand terms what Jesus did for us.  Earthly men have trouble believing that Jesus was “the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.  He died for the sins of all the world.  But do men love Him for this?  No – they resent Him.  They prefer their sins to having Jesus as Savior, and so they reject Him,” my commentary says.

Salvation takes just one thing – believing that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for our sins.  Each individual has to decide whether he will accept Him or reject Him.  My commentary added:  “It’s a terrible thing to reject such a gift of love.  If a man will not believe in the Lord Jesus, God can do nothing else BUT condemn him.”

 “When Jesus was here in the world, sinful men were made uncomfortable by His presence because He revealed their awful condition by His own holiness.”  Maybe a little discomfort is what we need every day to keep us acknowledging that we are but sinners in need of a Savior.

Father, thank You for the discomfort that sin now produces in my life, for it tells me that Your Holy Spirit is alive in me and at work revealing my sin to me.  How horrible it would be to never feel any remorse over sin.  And thank You for verse 16:  “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.”  That’s why I’m able to write this now, Father!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford