For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
God so loved and STILL loves the whole world. To someone who has never heard this before what does it simply mean? Oh, wow! Simplify, simplify, simplify. You know that yuky, bad, I feel so all alone, I know I am so aweful, I know I have done such bad things, or I am SO cool, holy, and better than all others, it could be all those feelings. We have ALL sinned. We were born INTO sin from the fall of Adam and Eve. God is a HOLY God and He requires HOLINESS and perfection. We could NEVER reach this state of being! So God had a GREAT plan to send HIS only begotten Son to earth for Jesus WAS Holy and perfect. Jesus took OUR place upon the cross. HE died in OUR place, so WE could once again be Holy, righteous and perfect in the eyes of God. So that is how God sees us after we receive Jesus into our hearts and lives. Then HE begins the work on us and through us of "cleaning up the fish". And in the meantime we get the AWESOME benefits of ETERNAL LIFE, His provision and ABUNDANT LIFE here on earth. And there is of course MORE!
