Sunday, June 3, 2012

John 3:16

It is considered as the most famous and well loved bible verse. It has been called the Gospel in a nut shell, God's love letter for everyone. Since it's famous many people hear about this verse but the sad thing about it only few people knows the real essence of this verse.The verse has only 25 words on it yet it is considered to be the heart of the Christian Bible.


For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal Life -- John 3:16 New International Verse (NIV)

By just simply reading the verse it already gives a hint of God's love for us. He is showing us His love and the sacrifices that He is willing to do for the entire humanity. YES! This verse is commonly used but often times it is being misunderstood or overlooked. For us to fully understand the verse let us dig deeper unto it and explore the true meaning behind it.  

The verse starts with For God. God is a supreme being, the creator and the ruler of the universe and the ultimate lover of humanity. He is the beginning of this verse because He is the beginning, the source of everything.

so loved. The word "love" has variety of meanings and it could not be easily defined by words. The word love is not enough to be incorporated with God's love for us therefore the word "so" must be added. God's love for us could not be compared with any depth, breadth, length or height. His love for us is beyond what we deserve. The love of God is unceasing, sovereign, illimitable, everlasting and so on. God is LOVE!

the world. This refers to the human race, us. Here God tells that He love all of us. Walter Wilson said that "No one in all the world could possible love everyone in the world. In fact most people find it difficult to love all their relatives." But God has found it possible, with His great heart of love, to love every individual in the entire world in spite of our shortcomings.


that He gave. The greatest act in history occurred when God willingly gave Jesus, His son as form sacrifice for all of us to be saved. Now, it is easier for us to ask forgiveness we just need to acknowledge that we are sinners, believe in Him and confess our sins. 


His only begotten Son. The best gift that we could ever have. God giving Jesus as a gift for us, as a sacrifice. Jesus died on the cross and resurrected from the grave to show people that we must believe in Him to gain everlasting life.

that whoever. This refers to anyone, anybody, me, you, us, all of us. This is a great opportunity that God presents us. We are all sinners but God is willing to accept us despite the things that we had done. Let us not miss this, grab this opportunity!  

Believes. Only believe, plain and simple. This is a way for us to have everlasting life and to have God's forgiveness and deliverance from anything we had in the past.

in Him. Salvation is found in Christ alone. If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness 
1John 1:9

Shall not perish. God promises us that if we come and believe in Him he will spare us from hell and at the same time we will inherent the Kingdom of Heaven. We just have to accept Him as Lord and personal Savior then regardless of what we have in the past He will forgive us.

but have. if  we choose God we wont be losing anything In-fact we will gain so many things. Once God have already given you a gift there is no way that you can lose it and no one can ever take it away from you. If we trust in God he will fill us with so much joy that we never ever experienced.


Eternal Life. God's great promise to us after we die on earth. In heaven there is no death, sickness, pain, boredom while in hell there is always pain, agony, misery, loneliness and more.. Choose God!


John 3:16 is verse that speaks life, love and more.. This verse can be used in all different aspects, and if you want to have what God promises and if you want receive Christ as your Lord and Personal Savior pray this prayer:

God, thank you for loving me! i believe that Your Son Jesus died on the cross to pay for my sins and that you raised Jesus from the dead. I know that I am a sinner and I ask you to forgive me from all of my sins. Please cleanse my heart of all that is not pleasing to you. I now put faith only in Jesus to forgive me and save me. I confess that Jesus is Lord! Thank you for forgiving me and for the promise of eternal life. Amen