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The Amish Voice 6
(3:16-17)
Introduction:
this is the world's most well known Scrip-
ture. Brief and to the point, Jesus revealed God's great love.
1. The fact: God so loved (v.16).
2. The evidence: God gave (v.16).
3. The purpose: to save (v.16).
4. The proof: God sent His Son (the Incarnation) (v.17).
5. The means: through Him (v.17).
1. (3:16) God, Love of: God so loved the world. He loved the whole
world. Note several facts.
1. The idea that God loves the whole world is a new idea. The
Jews believed God loved the religious (the true Jew) and hated
the non-religious (the Gentiles). The same thoughts are held by
many in every generation, especially by religionists. The fact
that God truly loves is shocking to many. Some wonder and
others question how God could possibly love the...
• vile person
• murderer
• immoral person
• wife beater
• child abuser
• prostitute
• thief
• alcoholic
• street person
• oppressor
• enslaver
• bitter, vengeful
Thought 1.
God loves every man, not just the religious and
the good. He does not love only the people who love Him.
He loves everyone, even the unlovely and the unloving, the
unbelieving and the obstinate, the selfish and the greedy, the
spiteful and the vengeful.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them
also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one fold, and one shepherd" (John 10:16).
For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call
upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:12-13).
"Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the
knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim. 2:4).
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some
men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
2. The basis of God's love is His nature. God is love (1 John 4:8,
16); therefore, He loves. He acts, demonstrates, and shows His
love.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love....And we have known and believed the love that God
hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth
in God, and God in him" (1 John 4:8, 16).
3. Love acts; it expresses itself. Love does not sit still, doing
nothing. It is not dormant, complacent, inactive. If love actually
exists, it has to act and express itself; it has to do something
good. Love is loving; that is, love is always demonstrating love
to others. Therefore, God's love acts and reveals Him to be love.
Thought 1.
God wants man to know His love. He wants to
reach everyone in the world with His love.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down
his life for us" (1 John 3:16).
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we
might live through him" (1 John 4:9).
DEEPER STUDY #1
(3:16) God Loved:
past tense. A past, proven fact. An outline of the
greatness of God’s love is seen in this verse. (1) Height: God loved.
(2) Depth: so loved (3) Length: God gave (4) Breadth: Whoever.
(See note—Jn 21:15-17)
2. (3:16) God, Love, of: there is the evidence of God's love—God
gave His only begotten Son. Note several points.
God demonstrated His love in the most perfect way possible: He
gave His only begotten Son to the world. As God, He is perfect,
which means His love is perfect. Therefore, God not only loves,
but He so loves. He loves to perfection, loves to the ultimate
degree. Whatever the ultimate degree and the perfect act and
expression of love is, God shows it. Without question, the
greatest act of love is the sacrifice of a man's own life; therefore,
God sacrificed the life of His own Son to save man.
1. The fact: God so loved (v.16).
2. The evidence: God gave
(v.16).
3. The purpose: to save (v.16).
a. From perishing
E. Revelation 5: God’s Great
Love. 3:16-17
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.
17
For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him
might be saved.
b. To eternal life
c. By believing
4. The proof: God sent His Son
(the Incarnation)
a. Not to condemn
b. But to save
5. The means: Thru Him
DIVISION II
THE REVELATION OF JESUS, THE SON OF GOD, 2:1-3:21
E. Revelation 5: God’s Great Love, 3:16-17
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