The Greatest Expression of Love – John’s Gospel chapter 3 verses 16 to 21
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
John 3:16-21 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Love is the number 1 desire in the world
We long to love, and to be loved, yet all human love is fragile and fleeting.
3 Types of Love
Affection (family love) and Romantic love are mutually shared. But the highest love loves the unlovely, and loves those who reject it.
The Greatness of God’s Love
“For God so loved the world” though there was no merit in any of us to draw out this love.
The Goal of God’s Love
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
The Responses to God’s Love
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
