PAULESPINO wrote:Hello,
Greetings to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice weather here in Toronto.
How would you interpret John 3:15-18
It's good to include v. 14. From the ESV:
"14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 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. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18Whoever 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."
My restatement, as I understand it:
Jesus must be lifted up (similar to the way Moses lifted up the serpent), because this results in eternal life for every person who believes in him. That is, without him being lifted up, belief can't lead to eternal life. You see, God loved the world so much--or loved the world in such a way--that he gave his only Son. Why did he do that? What was the purpose? Due to his love, he gave his Son so that every believing person wouldn't perish, but would have eternal life.
You see, Jesus didn't come for condemnation of the world. He came for the purpose of the world being saved through him. Every person who believes is not condemned--but every person who does not believe is condemned already, through his unbelief.
That was a pretty open-ended question. Did you have a point in mind?
