Monday, August 2, 2010
John 3:17
For GOD sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
We all can quote John 3:16, what follows, in verse 17, is a strong word for us today. The word "saved" is from the Greek word - sozo - which means: to rescue from destruction, to make well, prosper, heal and deliver. When we read this passage again, with this understanding, we find that GOD did not send JESUS into the world to condemn it, but to rescue the world from destruction, make it well, prosper the world, heal and deliver it. This was and is the mission of JESUS, even today. It was all for His loves sake that GOD sent His Son.
I am struck by the fact that JESUS did not condemn. This world is very quick to condemn. People condemn others for a great variety of reasons, but JESUS did not. Even on the Cross, in the most horrific agony, JESUS did not condemn, He forgave. "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
JESUS is creator GOD (John 1:1-5); He and the Father are One (John 10:30). The heart of the Father beats in the heart of the Son and everything the Father does, the Son does. This being so, the Father sent the Son to redeem the world, not to condemn it; rescue the world from the grip of sin; make the world well, to prosper, heal and deliver it from bondage. GOD has called us to do the same thing. We are instruments of GOD in the daily work of "sozo", healing and salvation. When we are born again, the very heart of JESUS beats in us, His desire for the world presses us into action. John 17:23 says: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Today, He is our vision and our hearing; He is looking through our eyes, hearing through our ears, walking through our feet and touching through our hands. His desire is that all shall be saved. We are the instruments through which He will accomplish it, if we are willing.
JESUS died that the world might be saved; JESUS lives today so that the world through Him might be saved. There is no other way than the precious Blood of the Lamb of GOD and the Holy Name of JESUS.
JESUS, NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES; BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR, GLORIOUS LORD EMANUEL, GOD WITH US, BLESSED REDEEMER, LIVING WORD.
John 3:17
For GOD sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
We all can quote John 3:16, what follows, in verse 17, is a strong word for us today. The word "saved" is from the Greek word - sozo - which means: to rescue from destruction, to make well, prosper, heal and deliver. When we read this passage again, with this understanding, we find that GOD did not send JESUS into the world to condemn it, but to rescue the world from destruction, make it well, prosper the world, heal and deliver it. This was and is the mission of JESUS, even today. It was all for His loves sake that GOD sent His Son.
I am struck by the fact that JESUS did not condemn. This world is very quick to condemn. People condemn others for a great variety of reasons, but JESUS did not. Even on the Cross, in the most horrific agony, JESUS did not condemn, He forgave. "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
JESUS is creator GOD (John 1:1-5); He and the Father are One (John 10:30). The heart of the Father beats in the heart of the Son and everything the Father does, the Son does. This being so, the Father sent the Son to redeem the world, not to condemn it; rescue the world from the grip of sin; make the world well, to prosper, heal and deliver it from bondage. GOD has called us to do the same thing. We are instruments of GOD in the daily work of "sozo", healing and salvation. When we are born again, the very heart of JESUS beats in us, His desire for the world presses us into action. John 17:23 says: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Today, He is our vision and our hearing; He is looking through our eyes, hearing through our ears, walking through our feet and touching through our hands. His desire is that all shall be saved. We are the instruments through which He will accomplish it, if we are willing.
JESUS died that the world might be saved; JESUS lives today so that the world through Him might be saved. There is no other way than the precious Blood of the Lamb of GOD and the Holy Name of JESUS.
JESUS, NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES; BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR, GLORIOUS LORD EMANUEL, GOD WITH US, BLESSED REDEEMER, LIVING WORD.
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