FOR GOD SO LOVED ME

John 3:16 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.

How many times have we heard or read this scripture? Many of us know it by heart, having learned it in Sunday school, at church as a young child. It is beautiful and tells us in one brief sentence how great the love of God is for us. He gave Himself.

Mark 1:3 tells us…’prepare the way of the Lord;… Luke 1: 46 Mary said: ‘My soul magnifies the Lord. John the Baptist is speaking of Jesus, Mary is speaking of God. Both call Him Lord. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Go to verse 14 ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’ Two more scriptures Revelation 19:13 & 16; verse 13 ‘He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God’; verse 16 ‘And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.’


One Lord, one King, one God, one Word, now let us look at John 3:16 again. This time lets read it as it is written personally to each one of us.

For God so greatly loved and prized me that He, Himself came to earth, taking on a flesh and blood body so that if I believe [hold, apprehend, support, accept, conceive, credit, trust in, rely, cling to] Him, I shall not perish [die, sink, cease, decline, decay, depart, wane, wither, languish, expire, come to destruction, be lost] but have eternal [undying, immortal, ceaseless, infinite, everlasting, deathless, perpetual, endless, timeless] life.

The greatest gift He gave us was Himself.

God Bless
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