For God...

It seems so fitting that after finishing the commentary on the book of Philemon, that I would immediately be drawn to this verse in scripture. It is a very famous verse of scripture, perhaps the most "known" verse in God's Word ever repeated.

Jesus is speaking, He's speaking to Nicodemus, a religious leader in His day, and Jesus says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16).

Let me tell you the first thing I always think about when I read this verse in the Bible. I realize that as Jesus is speaking that He is speaking of Himself. And being in the company of a religious scholar, one would think that Nicodemus would realize that, but he doesn't. "Can a man be born when he is old?" Are you serious, Nicodemus? Get a clue here! He says that God gave His "...only, unique, one of a kind, that whosoever believes..." There is no other one like Jesus. Mohammad is still in his tomb. Buddah, still in his grave. Any other impostor who ever attempted to take on the task of being God, still "sleeps with the fishes" (The Godfather Movie).

God allowed His Son, Jesus, to step off of His throne, travel only He knows how far, live a hard life as the son of a carpenter, and be beaten, spat upon, whipped with leather strips and nailed to a tree so that "whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."

What about "eternal life"? What do we know about it? What are your thoughts on eternal life? A thousand years; ten thousand years; maybe a million? Well someone once said that if you go to the coast, either coast and sit down on the beach and start counting the grains of sand within a hundred square mile area from where you sat down, you would probably count enough grains of sand to complete the "FIRST DAY" in heaven. I know that I have a hard time wrapping my head around that kind of number.

Jesus came into the world to save sinners; your a sinner, and I'm a sinner. So, back to the calculation of eternity. You and I as sinners have been saved for this eternity, saved from an eternity in hell and torment, because "God so loved the world..."! He didn't love the trees, He didn't love the animals, He loved you and me, so much so that He gave His Son, so we could be with our Lord for eternity. About the only thing I can say about that is "Pretty Cool, huh?"

Oh, by the way, Onesimus has been granted the same reward along with any other sinner this world has produced who has invited Jesus Christ into his heart. It's not Rocket Science, in fact, it's Theological science (The Study of God), and it can never be taken away from you.

I dare you to prove me wrong! God loves you, too! If your reading this and want more facts, there is a link on this page to "The 4 Spiritual Laws" that will give you all the facts you could possibly use to make an informed decision about Christ. But be warned that no decision is a decision against Christ.

Dave