2 outs, bottom of the 9th, game 7 of the World Series. You could hear the St. Louis crowd, decked out in their Cardinal red, all the way in Kansas City. Busch stadium seemed as if it was about to burst at the seems as the whole year lead up to this moment. This was […]
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“God told me x.” “The Spirit is leading me here.” “I feel like God wants me to x.” “I sense the Spirit’s move in x direction.” We’ve all heard it a million times. These are the excuses- er, uh, I mean, *reasons for the decisions Christian’s make. Maybe this is how you explain the decisions […]
Not Condemned or Condemned Already? John 3:18
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. Introduction In many ways, our text today is a very simple, straight forward, and self-explanatory text. Nevertheless there are very important truths here that we […]
That the World Might be Saved Through Him; John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. The Sending of the Son We see a bit of a nice little proof text here, if you will, for the covenant of redemption between the Father and […]
How God Loved the World; John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Introduction If you have a red-letter bible you will see that John 3:16-21 is in red, meaning these are the words of Jesus. However in Greek there is no […]