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Welcome to JOHN 3:16 - 17 part of Trinity Church
Mission of Love... to give full LIFE+
Jesus said “For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world (you), that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son (Jesus), so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him. - John 3:16-17 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/jhn.3.16.AMP
I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].
'All who came before Me [as false messiahs and self-appointed leaders] are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not hear them. I am the Door; anyone who enters through Me will be saved [and will live forever], and will go in and out [freely], and find pasture (spiritual security). The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]. ' John 10:8-10 https://www.bible.com/bible/1588/JHN.10.8-10
Approach of Love
Jesus said to him, “I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
-John 14:6 AMP https://bible.com/bible/1588/jhn.14.6.AMP
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” - Luke 17:20-21 NKJV
Hope of Love
Jesus said “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’ “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ” -Luke 16:19-31 NIV
Ending with Love
When Jesus told the parable he said: “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ” Luke 16:19-31
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.16.19-31
Jesus did not tell this parable for Lazarus, rich man or even his five brothers but said it for you and me. And, just like Scrooge said in Dickens Christmas Carol "the heart(s) of man can change” “why show us these things if we're beyond hope”
I finish where I started may God bless you everyone!
For God so loved the world (you & me) that he gave his one and only Son (Jesus), that whoever (you or I) believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son (Jesus) into the world to condemn the world (you & me), but to save the world (you & me) through Him (Jesus). ' John 3:16-17
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.3.16-17
John 3:1-21 Jesus Explains it to Nicodemus