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John 3:16
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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"Nothing in the Christian system is of greater consequence than the doctrine of the Atonement. God so loved the world—the whole world, every soul He has made—that He gave His only Son to the end that whosoever believeth might not perish." — John Wesley.
"John 3:16 is not about God rescuing people from the world, but about God loving the world so much that he sends his Son to rescue and redeem it. The goal is not escape but transformation—God putting the world right." — N.T.
"Whosoever—I love that word. It means me. It means you. It opens wide the gate of mercy. None are excluded except those who exclude themselves. Come, for God so loved that He gave, and whosoever believes shall have eternal life." — Charles Spurgeon.
"God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God.
"The religion of Jesus makes the love of God the ultimate ground of trust and security. God so loved the world—including those whom the world despises—that He gave His Son for ALL. There is no one outside the sweep of...
"God so loved that He gave. And when you have really grasped that God so loved YOU, you will never be the same. His love is a consuming fire that fills you with power to live and witness." — Smith Wigglesworth.
"In Jesus Christ God has said Yes to humanity. The giving of the Son is the great divine Yes that precedes and grounds every other word from God.
"God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love and perfect them." — C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves. Lewis captures the stunning generosity of John 3:16: God didn't need us, yet loved us...
"This is a remarkable commendation of faith, that it frees us from everlasting destruction... And he has employed the universal term whosoever, both to invite all indiscriminately to partake of life, and to cut off every excuse from unbelievers." — John Calvin, Commentary on John.
"Mission is not essentially an action by which the church puts forth its own power and wisdom to conquer the world around it; it is an action of God, putting forth the power of his Spirit to bring the universal...
"God so loved the world—but we must ask: what does this love look like in a world of injustice? God's love is not neutral. It takes sides with the poor, the oppressed, the forgotten.
"This text is rightly called the gospel in miniature because it contains the entire sum of the Christian doctrine in a brief compass: God so loved... that He gave... that whoever believes... shall not perish but have eternal life. Here...
"God has given us a lifeboat in John 3:16. While the ship is sinking, we must rescue all we can. Time is short. Whoever believes shall not perish—but those who reject will perish. The urgency of the gospel compels us...
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