Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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If God wanted to condemn the world He would have done it at the beginning- when sin first began. To condemn the world would mean condemnation to all. Truly it would be evil to have a world without any hope, wouldn't it.
Imagine it, no hope of eternity.
Imagine it, seriously.
When you have no hope you are truly left with nothing but despair. It's ONLY because we do have hope that we don't despair.
Many, many people live their lives unconcerned with eternity. Many live just for the here and now. Many are content to live this way and their contentment is nothing but a great shroud of darkness that Satan has pulled over them, blinding them to the truth. They don't realize that there is an eternity at stake at all, because they've made the choice not to care. They don't care about hope for eternity and if they do, they usually have been incredibly deceived by Satan who has told everyone from Eve and Adam on down to the last living person, that they shall not SURELY die, that some part of them will live on and on and on and death in the body is really nothing to be concerned about because immediately their spirit is freed to live on forever. This is the FALSE eternity Satan has made from those who choose to be deceived by Him. This is their false hope when they even allow themselves to think about eternity.
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God did NOT send HIS SON here to this WORLD in order to have HIS SON condemn the world.
Could Jesus have condemned the world?
Could He have lived among us and come to the conclusion that there is NOTHING good in us, nothing worth saving us for, nothing worth dying for us for?
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We have to REALIZE that JESUS was GOD with US. JESUS WAS GOD with GOD before HE ever became GOD's SON as IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US. JESUS knew the PLAN before man was created. HE knew that there existed a possibility of mankind's sinning, we were created with that possibility- by HIM. HE KNEW. And He agreed that SHOULD mankind sin, that HE would SAVE them! He knew that sin existed, He was there when sin first came into existence through Satan, an angel in heaven, an angel right beside Him who chose to embrace sin and let it reign. Jesus KNEW the awfulness of sin as a first hand witness to it's beginning. Jesus knew that the angels would have access to the human beings, but there was hope that these new creatures would NOT choose to sin!
BUT knowing there was that chance, that the chance DID exist, God with God decided there had to be a contingency plan should it happen. They knew that these new creatures could go either way, and the LOVE they put into their creation was incredible. We weren't just offhanded thoughts brought to life. We were PLANNED, we were by DESIGN. A LOT went into our creation, more than we realize, more than we truly allow ourselves to comprehend. We get so caught up in the fight over evolution vs. creationism and such that we fail to realize the true depths of our existence as created beings.
We are MIRACLES, every single one of us!
Anyone who has had a baby, or been responsible for creating a baby can comprehend to a tiny degree the miracle of new life.
Science has explained away the mechanics of it all right down to our tiniest cells, our genes, our dna making it all seem as if we were in fact created by a cold-hearted, matter of fact scientist of sorts. This scientist in His great lab engineered our dna, manufacturing it out of substances at his fingertips. They want to take LOVE out of it all, but LOVE is the true DESIGN, without it we would NEVER have been created, never.
We were created BY LOVE.
Remember this…
1Jn 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God created us, and God is love, love created us.
Taking LOVE out of our creation is something Satan loves to do.
The LOVE that created us could NOT condemn us.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
The LOVE that created us would be the LOVE that SAVED us.
The LOVE that brought the world into existence would be the LOVE that would SAVE the world, not condemn it.
The plan of Salvation is intertwined with the plan of Creation, they were designed together. Had we been created without the plan of Salvation truly there would have been NO HOPE for us. We would have had to have been placed in the scrap heap if there had been no plan to save us. We truly would have had to have been blotted out of existence, all of mankind, if there had been no plan to save us.
Love is the driving force behind everything that God has ever done.
LOVE.
We have to believe this, and trust in the LOVE of our God, our Creator, our Savior.
May GOD help us to comprehend all that we need to comprehend in HIM, in HIS LOVE.
*******
If God wanted to condemn the world He would have done it at the beginning- when sin first began. To condemn the world would mean condemnation to all. Truly it would be evil to have a world without any hope, wouldn't it.
Imagine it, no hope of eternity.
Imagine it, seriously.
When you have no hope you are truly left with nothing but despair. It's ONLY because we do have hope that we don't despair.
Many, many people live their lives unconcerned with eternity. Many live just for the here and now. Many are content to live this way and their contentment is nothing but a great shroud of darkness that Satan has pulled over them, blinding them to the truth. They don't realize that there is an eternity at stake at all, because they've made the choice not to care. They don't care about hope for eternity and if they do, they usually have been incredibly deceived by Satan who has told everyone from Eve and Adam on down to the last living person, that they shall not SURELY die, that some part of them will live on and on and on and death in the body is really nothing to be concerned about because immediately their spirit is freed to live on forever. This is the FALSE eternity Satan has made from those who choose to be deceived by Him. This is their false hope when they even allow themselves to think about eternity.
*
God did NOT send HIS SON here to this WORLD in order to have HIS SON condemn the world.
Could Jesus have condemned the world?
Could He have lived among us and come to the conclusion that there is NOTHING good in us, nothing worth saving us for, nothing worth dying for us for?
*
We have to REALIZE that JESUS was GOD with US. JESUS WAS GOD with GOD before HE ever became GOD's SON as IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US. JESUS knew the PLAN before man was created. HE knew that there existed a possibility of mankind's sinning, we were created with that possibility- by HIM. HE KNEW. And He agreed that SHOULD mankind sin, that HE would SAVE them! He knew that sin existed, He was there when sin first came into existence through Satan, an angel in heaven, an angel right beside Him who chose to embrace sin and let it reign. Jesus KNEW the awfulness of sin as a first hand witness to it's beginning. Jesus knew that the angels would have access to the human beings, but there was hope that these new creatures would NOT choose to sin!
BUT knowing there was that chance, that the chance DID exist, God with God decided there had to be a contingency plan should it happen. They knew that these new creatures could go either way, and the LOVE they put into their creation was incredible. We weren't just offhanded thoughts brought to life. We were PLANNED, we were by DESIGN. A LOT went into our creation, more than we realize, more than we truly allow ourselves to comprehend. We get so caught up in the fight over evolution vs. creationism and such that we fail to realize the true depths of our existence as created beings.
We are MIRACLES, every single one of us!
Anyone who has had a baby, or been responsible for creating a baby can comprehend to a tiny degree the miracle of new life.
Science has explained away the mechanics of it all right down to our tiniest cells, our genes, our dna making it all seem as if we were in fact created by a cold-hearted, matter of fact scientist of sorts. This scientist in His great lab engineered our dna, manufacturing it out of substances at his fingertips. They want to take LOVE out of it all, but LOVE is the true DESIGN, without it we would NEVER have been created, never.
We were created BY LOVE.
Remember this…
1Jn 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God created us, and God is love, love created us.
Taking LOVE out of our creation is something Satan loves to do.
The LOVE that created us could NOT condemn us.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
The LOVE that created us would be the LOVE that SAVED us.
The LOVE that brought the world into existence would be the LOVE that would SAVE the world, not condemn it.
The plan of Salvation is intertwined with the plan of Creation, they were designed together. Had we been created without the plan of Salvation truly there would have been NO HOPE for us. We would have had to have been placed in the scrap heap if there had been no plan to save us. We truly would have had to have been blotted out of existence, all of mankind, if there had been no plan to save us.
Love is the driving force behind everything that God has ever done.
LOVE.
We have to believe this, and trust in the LOVE of our God, our Creator, our Savior.
May GOD help us to comprehend all that we need to comprehend in HIM, in HIS LOVE.
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