Lord 👑

John 3:16 is one of the most well-known verses in the New Testament. AMEN 🙏⚜️🙏

I have seen it on billboards and banners at sports events.

I always wonder if the people who post it, or those who read it, actually take the promise to heart or even know what it means!

Jesus came so that the world would be saved through his sacrifice on the cross.

This passage follows one of Jesus speaking with Nicodemus, a Pharisee who came to Jesus at night because he was afraid to be seen by the other Pharisees, and telling him that he must be lifted just as Moses lifted the bronze serpent so that those who looked at him would receive eternal life.

What do we feel when we read this passage?

Do we know it so well that we take it for granted?

Does it inspire us to think of Jesus’ saving act and turn our minds to prayers of gratitude?

How deep is our belief?

What are we willing to do to have eternal life?

Nicodemus went to Jesus in the night out of fear.

Are we ready to witness our faith in the light, or do we hide it from others out of concern about fear?

Jesus only asks that we believe and live according to that belief.

Ultimately, Nicodemus showed he was one of Jesus’ disciples by bringing myrrh and aloes for Jesus’ burial.

We have looked upon him lifted on the cross.

How can we come into the light to show that we, too, choose eternal life?