JOHN 3:16-17
B. God’s Great Love, not perish, but have ever- b. To eternal life
3:16-17 lasting life. c. By believing
17 For God sent not his 4 The proof: God sent His
1 The fact: God so loved
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16 For God so loved the Son into the world to con- Son (the Incarnation)
2 The evidence: God gave world, that he gave his only demn the world; but that the a. Not to condemn
3 The purpose: To save begotten Son, that whoso- world through him might be b. But to save
a. From perishing
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ever believeth in him should saved. 5 The means: Thru Him
SALVATION: MAKING THE GOOD NEWS KNOWN
B. God’s Great Love, 3:16-17
(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).
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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 • wife beater • thief • oppressor
• murderer • child abuser • alcoholic • enslaver
• immoral person • prostitute • street person • 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” (Jn.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” (Ro.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 re-
pentance” (2 Pt.3:9).
2. The basis of God’s love is His nature. God is love (1 Jn.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”
(Ro.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 Jn.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 demonstrat-
ing 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 Jn.3:16).
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begot-
ten Son into the world, that we might live through him” (1 Jn.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: whosoever.
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