“A WHOLE AND LASTING LIFE…”
Have you read John 3:16 in The Message translation lately?
“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.”
John 3:16-18 MSG
So many believe following Christ is about pointing out sin in others. It’s true that the situation is real desperate in our world. Sin has hardened the hearts of so many toward God and without a change of heart it will only get worse.
The verse above says that they are already been, “under a death sentence” or already condemned. Jesus came to save the world. He is offering a lifeboat to the people of the world who are on a sinking ship - sinking into an eternal hell prepared for the devil, not them. The Word is clear that accepting Jesus and trusting Him is the way to step into life - or the lifeboat.
He gave His life on the cross to pay the price justice required for mankind to be innocent. His death and resurrection made room for us in His Father’s family.
May you know and experience the love of God today, although it is too great to fully comprehend... but so trustworthy! Trusting Him by surrendering your heart and life to Him, will get out from under the death sentence the world is under and is the way each day to live a whole and lasting life. #Jesusisking #life