Daily Word Of God
John 3:16-21
Jesus said to Nicodemus: ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life. For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved. No one who believes in him will be condemned; but whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe in the name of God’s only Son.
‘On these grounds is sentence pronounced: that though the light has come into the world men have have shown they prefer darkness to the light because their deeds were evil. And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, for fear his actions should be exposed; but the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light, so that it may be plainly seen that what he does is done in God.’
Today's Pointers on God's Word
As you read the passage what words, phases or meanings caught your attention?
- In today’s Gospel God clearly shows that His love for us by giving His only Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins and the sins of the world.
- God gives us the freedom to choose either to love the darkness of sin and unbelief or to love the light of God’s truth, beauty, and goodness. If our love is true, good and beautiful, then we will choose to love God above all else.
- Does God take first place in your life? Ponder on this and tell the Lord what is in your heart.