For God So LOVED That He GAVE

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“For God So LOVED That He GAVE”
John 3:16 NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

I have heard this Scripture cited so much through my years of life, but the past few weeks something really stood out as I heard it again. Two words stood out to me and really stuck with me as I thought more about this passage I’ve heard so much. The two words are “Loved” and “Gave”. They are not only action words, they are also very intentional. What greater message could be shared with a dying world than to tell them that God Loved and He gave?

No one else in the entire world has ever loved and given more than God. This is a model for us to truly live by. God so loved this world that He gave. He loved more than anyone of us could ever love and He gave more than any of us could ever give. This is a model of the greatest love ever shown and given to anyone.

As I pondered this thought the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking of the absolute greatness of the love God gave in sending Jesus Christ to redeem our lives. Let’s just consider this thought and let it sink in for a while. Take a few moments and just think about this passage and those 2 action words. God so LOVED that He GAVE. It’s really breathtaking if you stop to consider this! We didn’t do a thing. He did it all! He love us so very much that He gave everything.

Friends, I encourage you over the next several days and weeks to take time to think about these intentional action words and what they mean to you and your life. Consider the impact they have not only on your life, but what they could mean for others who need to hear of the great Gospel message!

I just don’t ever want to take for granted (even though I have way too often) how intentional God’s love was that He truly gave it all for us. He so very much loved us that He gave His only Son. There is so much power packed in those words!

I hope that we all keep these intentional action words etched in our minds each day as we remember how very amazing it is and was that God so loved us that He gave the most anyone has ever given.

For God so LOVED that He GAVE! Let us NEVER forget how amazing and powerful these words are!

 

[Who Me]

The two words are “Loved” and “Gave”. They are not only action words, they are also very intentional. What greater message could be shared with a dying world than to tell them that God Loved and He gave?

God's love is wonderfull, but it is only one aspect of God.
As always contex is vital.
Jesus is explaining the way of salvation and hegoes on to show the other side of Gods love.

Gods love knows no limit, we cannot exhaust his love, if we are his but
John3:18 goes on to show the consquence of rejecting Gods love.

Today is the day of salvation.

 

[Edward]

God's love is wonderfull, but it is only one aspect of God.
As always contex is vital.
Jesus is explaining the way of salvation and hegoes on to show the other side of Gods love.

Gods love knows no limit, we cannot exhaust his love, if we are his but
John3:18 goes on to show the consquence of rejecting Gods love.

Today is the day of salvation.

I think you missed his point. God loved, so He gave is a wonderful exampe set for us encouraging us to go out of our way for our fellow man. Love your Wife? Give her something!

If everyone on earth held these precepts to heart then we would't need government.

I'm having a barn raising! Who's with me?!

 

[Who Me]

I think you missed his point. God loved, so He gave is a wonderful exampe set for us encouraging us to go out of our way for our fellow man. Love your Wife? Give her something!

If everyone on earth held these precepts to heart then we would't need government.

I'm having a barn raising! Who's with me?!

God's love is unlimited in regard for his people, equally so his wraith is unlimited for those who are not his people.

God is not one dimensional.



Sorry on right side of the pond.

 

[Edward]

God's love is unlimited in regard for his people, equally so his wraith is unlimited for those who are not his people.

God is not one dimensional.



Sorry on right side of the pond.

I agree with you. God's not one dimensional. But that's not the point I was making. I think the same point that he spoke of himself. that love, gives. We should practice that!

Easy way to tell if your wife loves you and how much. How loud does she screa at you. The depth of her negative vibes and frustrations are a clue to how much she loves you.

She's all red faced, loud yeslling, upset, really upset...she doesn't hate you. As deep as the negative emotions go is also the depth of her love for you. She's yelling because she's trying to fix something. Make things better. The time to worry with your Wife is when she stops talking to you and yelling. So yeah I do think that wrath has a place and a purpose!

 

[Dorothy Mae]

“For God So LOVED That He GAVE”
John 3:16 NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

I have heard this Scripture cited so much through my years of life, but the past few weeks something really stood out as I heard it again. Two words stood out to me and really stuck with me as I thought more about this passage I’ve heard so much. The two words are “Loved” and “Gave”. They are not only action words, they are also very intentional. What greater message could be shared with a dying world than to tell them that God Loved and He gave?

No one else in the entire world has ever loved and given more than God. This is a model for us to truly live by. God so loved this world that He gave. He loved more than anyone of us could ever love and He gave more than any of us could ever give. This is a model of the greatest love ever shown and given to anyone.

As I pondered this thought the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking of the absolute greatness of the love God gave in sending Jesus Christ to redeem our lives. Let’s just consider this thought and let it sink in for a while. Take a few moments and just think about this passage and those 2 action words. God so LOVED that He GAVE. It’s really breathtaking if you stop to consider this! We didn’t do a thing. He did it all! He love us so very much that He gave everything.

Friends, I encourage you over the next several days and weeks to take time to think about these intentional action words and what they mean to you and your life. Consider the impact they have not only on your life, but what they could mean for others who need to hear of the great Gospel message!

I just don’t ever want to take for granted (even though I have way too often) how intentional God’s love was that He truly gave it all for us. He so very much loved us that He gave His only Son. There is so much power packed in those words!

I hope that we all keep these intentional action words etched in our minds each day as we remember how very amazing it is and was that God so loved us that He gave the most anyone has ever given.

For God so LOVED that He GAVE! Let us NEVER forget how amazing and powerful these words are!

I personally think it’s more honoring Him to love Him enough to give Him what He cannot buy but that which means a great deal to Him, our actually obeying the teachings of Christ loving Him enough to please Him instead of pleasing ourselves by thinking how much He loves us. That latter message one hears every Sunday. One rarely hears about his measure of what He thinks loving Him looks like.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

“For God So LOVED That He GAVE”
John 3:16 NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

I have heard this Scripture cited so much through my years of life, but the past few weeks something really stood out as I heard it again. Two words stood out to me and really stuck with me as I thought more about this passage I’ve heard so much. The two words are “Loved” and “Gave”. They are not only action words, they are also very intentional. What greater message could be shared with a dying world than to tell them that God Loved and He gave?

No one else in the entire world has ever loved and given more than God. This is a model for us to truly live by. God so loved this world that He gave. He loved more than anyone of us could ever love and He gave more than any of us could ever give. This is a model of the greatest love ever shown and given to anyone.

As I pondered this thought the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking of the absolute greatness of the love God gave in sending Jesus Christ to redeem our lives. Let’s just consider this thought and let it sink in for a while. Take a few moments and just think about this passage and those 2 action words. God so LOVED that He GAVE. It’s really breathtaking if you stop to consider this! We didn’t do a thing. He did it all! He love us so very much that He gave everything.

Friends, I encourage you over the next several days and weeks to take time to think about these intentional action words and what they mean to you and your life. Consider the impact they have not only on your life, but what they could mean for others who need to hear of the great Gospel message!

I just don’t ever want to take for granted (even though I have way too often) how intentional God’s love was that He truly gave it all for us. He so very much loved us that He gave His only Son. There is so much power packed in those words!

I hope that we all keep these intentional action words etched in our minds each day as we remember how very amazing it is and was that God so loved us that He gave the most anyone has ever given.

For God so LOVED that He GAVE! Let us NEVER forget how amazing and powerful these words are!

I personally think it’s more honoring Him to love Him enough to give Him what He cannot buy but that which means a great deal to Him, our actually obeying the teachings of Christ loving Him enough to please Him instead of pleasing ourselves by thinking how much He loves us. That latter message one hears every Sunday. One rarely hears about his measure of what He thinks loving Him looks like.

 

[Who Me]

I think the same point that he spoke of himself. that love, gives. We should practice that!

yes, but that giving has to include the warning that Jesus gave in the same breath.
Everyone quotes John 3:16, no one quote verse 18, said in the same breath.

 

[Carly Mac]

Ephesians 3:14-23 The Message Bible

14-19 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

20-21 God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!