10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. 12 But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. 19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21 But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”
Tori's Comments:
Do we love the darkness more than the light? I think, as Christians, sometimes we can follow Christ without loving him. And, in a personal convicting way, I wonder how much time I have spent praying versus scrolling through social media? How many television shows have I consumed instead of books of the bible?
These things aren't bad, but then I say the excuse that I don't have time to read my bible or pray. I claim I'm just too busy. In reality, I am just trying to make myself better about choosing myself over God. And if I read my bible more, I would realize just how poorly that decision went for Israel again and again. I need to LOVE the light, not just tolerate its presence. Not just love it when I need it for something. But 24/7, let it consume my days.
Terrie's Comments:
This passage dispels a few myths that many choose to believe about God...
-God did not sent Jesus to the world to judge us!
-Jesus came to save us through himself.
-There is no judgment against us that believe in Jesus.
-People who do not believe in Jesus are not judged by Jesus for their sin (it is already forgiven) but only for not believing in Jesus.
-All that come to the light (Jesus) will be saved
-Everyone on earth is already forgiven
There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus who walk according to the Spirit and not the flesh. Romans 8:1
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