Advent: Love
John 3:16-17
John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
· God’s love is SURPRISING.
John 3:16a For God so loved the world…
John 1:11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
· God’s love is SURPASSING.
John 3:16b “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son…”
John 1:1-2 In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
· God’s love is LIFE-GIVING.
John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
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