For God so loved the world.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Have you ever wondered why God gave his only Son for you and me to have eternal life and why he did not give something else?
I did and so I asked God why He gave his Son. And this is what He answered me.
• God created you for himself. In Malachi 2:15 God says He made man and woman one so that He can have Godly offspring. God wants to have a family and He wants you to be part of that family.
• God loves you unconditionally and with no limits. You are very special to him and - again – He wants you for himself. He desires for you.
• When He created you - yes He created you personally – you are handmade, one of a kind - you are unique - you did not just happen to be. He actually put some of his Spirit in you. Malachi 2:15 says that after He created you He had Spirit left over. It is similar to one candle lighting other candles and the flame of the first candle does not diminish at all.
• God is Spirit and lives forever or for eternity. He cannot die. You are also a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body. Your spirit - with God’s spirit in you - will also live forever. You are an eternal being and will exist forever. Even the fire of Hell will not – cannot – destroy you. You – your spirit is indestructible.
• When Adam sinned, we all became sinners. The Bible says: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; God wants to redeem you and me from your fallen state. That is why John 3:16 says: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. You are a whosoever and God loves you with a passion and wants to redeem you for himself. He does not want His spirit that He put into you to go to hell. He wants to save you from that terrible place. You do not belong there.
• SO why did God give his Son to die a gruesome death on the cross to save you and me? Why did He not give something else to save you and me? I asked Him why He does not for example give a universe in exchange to save people? His answer was that a whole universe with all its stars and galaxies are not valuable enough to give in exchange for, or to save one person. The reason is that He can create as many universes as He wants to, by just speaking it forth
• Because God considers you to be very valuable to him, He has to use something that is very valuable and close to him. He cannot use something He created to redeem something of Himself. Remember, you are made of his stuff; you have some of his spirit in you.
• God has to use something of Himself. Something very valuable and close to Him. That is why He has to use his Son, the Son that He loves. His only Son, something that was not created, something that is unique and of great value to Him.
• God gave His only Son – Jesus Christ for our redemption and salvation and Jesus was prepared to give Himself to redeem us. He gave His life for you and me – He gave his Blood for you and me to redeem you and me from death and to give you and me eternal life. For the Bible says that the life is in the blood and without blood, sins cannot be removed. Jesus gave his life and his blood to save us. Jesus did all of this because he loves you as much as the Father loves you..
Now you also know why God freely gave His only begotten Son that whosoever – that is you and me – who believe in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Do you want to have this eternal life for FREE?
Then pray this prayer with me:
Dear Father God, thank you for loving me. I thank you for giving Jesus to die on the cross for my sins. Jesus, I believe you shed your blood on the cross to remove all my sins. I confess my sins and I ask You to forgive all my sins. I ask that you save me, I ask that you come and live in my heart and I declare Jesus, you are Lord of my life. I believe God raised You from the dead for my justification. Thank you Jesus for saving me and making me a child of God.
Thank You that You did all of this for me because you LOVE me. Amen!
Now that you are a child of God, join a local church that peaches the Gospel of Grace of Jesus Christ and the us word of God. You now have the Holy Spirit of God in you. Ask the holy Spirit to show you which church to attend.
God Bless and enjoy your journey with Jesus Christ.
Gast Autor: Martin Jooste, Pretoria, Südafrika
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