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The Amish Voice 8
(3:16-17)
Introduction:
this is the world's most well known Scripture.
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…
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 whoso-
ever 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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