"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son..."
What do you say about Jesus? That's the question that John said determines a false prophet from a true one. In 1 John 4: 1-3, he states, "Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God."
It is critical that when we state the verse of John 3:16 that we wholly and completely believe that Jesus Christ is God's one and only Son. That God sent His Son in the flesh to save this fallen world. I hope you can say with me tonight that Jesus Christ is God's Son incarnate. There is saving power in that acknowledgement.
John's statement that many false prophets have gone out into the world was true at the time of his writing, and is true today. There are many, many false prophets who are leading people away from the truth with false ministries that sound appealing, that preach a message of love and acceptance, and that contain many concepts of good, moral living. But the bottom line is, what do they say about Jesus? Because a truly Godly ministry will acknowledge that He is God's one and only Son...anything less than that acknowledgement puts them in the category of falsehood.
Is that narrow-minded? Only if you make it that way. There is nothing narrow about God's gift of eternal life that He is ready to offer to anyone. He made the way for us, for all of us...we just have to acknowledge it.
If you have not yet done that, I hope you continue to study His Word until His truth grabs you so strongly that you cannot deny it. Keep seeking truth, and you will find it.
"For God SO loved the world..." He wants us to be with Him forever. 2 Peter 3:9 says, "He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentence."
I thank God so much for His perfect plan of salvation. I thank Him that He was patient with me; I thank Him for anyone reading this right now that is moving one step closer to coming into a saving relationship by acknowledging Jesus as their Savior, bending their knee in repentence, and making God our Father smile by realizing that one less of His children will perish. He wants us all to be with Him.
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This is my third time to try and post a comment this morning. My iPad is not cooperating. I stated that God has been patient with me. He has been kind to me. My relationship with God has developed through the years and I feel his presence and guidence in my life today. I know and understand so much more about how to create a relationship with God. These first verses have brought together for me the Power of God and his creation. He loves his creation and gave a great gift of Salvation. I believe Jesus is the Son of God incarnate. I believe he died so I could live. My house is quiet this morning. I hear the same
woodpecker that comes each Spring. I hear the birds chirping. What a wonderful
earthly world I live in. This Blog touches my heart and I pray that it touches
others. I love God and I am thankful that he lives in my heart. It is a wonderful world for me because I know and love God. I continue each day and try to obey God. Each day I pray for forgiveness of my sins. I try to love others as did Jesus and as God loves each and everyone in this world. He is mighty and his creation is a magnificent world. His plan is a Magnificent Plan of Salvation and everlasting Life.
I think YOU were patient with your iPad! Thanks so much for sharing your heart this morning Donna...I'm finding this morning a beautiful one as well. Spring has sprung and it brings with it all the promise of renewed life. Mother always says that springtime is her favorite time of year, seeing everything that has been dead coming back to life. No wonder that Easter comes in the spring...perfect parallels, aren't they?
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