For God so loved the world tract and teaching

I love that verse in John, John 3: 16  namely which states that God loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. I am doing something to reflect on that. Man was created sinless and was intended to live that way, until sin entered in to the world, as related in Genesis chapter 3 where Adam and Eve were tempted to and did eat of a tree which they were commanded not to do so earlier. I am including the whole chapter which illustrates the consequences of the disobedience.

(Genesis 3:1)  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

(Genesis 3:2)  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

(Genesis 3:3)  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

(Genesis 3:4)  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

(Genesis 3:5)  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

(Genesis 3:6)  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

(Genesis 3:7)  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

(Genesis 3:8)  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

(Genesis 3:9)  And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

(Genesis 3:10)  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

(Genesis 3:11)  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

(Genesis 3:12)  And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

(Genesis 3:13)  And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

(Genesis 3:14)  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

(Genesis 3:15)  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

(Genesis 3:16)  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

(Genesis 3:17)  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

(Genesis 3:18)  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

(Genesis 3:19)  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

(Genesis 3:20)  And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

(Genesis 3:21)  Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

(Genesis 3:22)  And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

(Genesis 3:23)  Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

(Genesis 3:24)  So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

The problem is for us that we are all descendents from then and we basically inherited their sin nature from the beginning. While God tried many other things, it would end up being that the only way to end the sin problem was to send someone spotless, to live a faultless life and then to die for our sins. Paul speaks of all this how evil people had become but also the solution to all this evil in Romans chapter 3:

(Romans 3:1)  What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

(Romans 3:2)  Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

(Romans 3:3)  For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

(Romans 3:4)  God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

(Romans 3:5)  But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

(Romans 3:6)  God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

(Romans 3:7)  For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

(Romans 3:8)  And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

(Romans 3:9)  What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

(Romans 3:10)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

(Romans 3:11)  There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

(Romans 3:12)  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

(Romans 3:13)  Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

(Romans 3:14)  Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

(Romans 3:15)  Their feet are swift to shed blood:

(Romans 3:16)  Destruction and misery are in their ways:

(Romans 3:17)  And the way of peace have they not known:

(Romans 3:18)  There is no fear of God before their eyes.

(Romans 3:19)  Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

(Romans 3:20)  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

(Romans 3:21)  But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

(Romans 3:22)  Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

(Romans 3:23)  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

(Romans 3:24)  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

(Romans 3:25)  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

(Romans 3:26)  To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

(Romans 3:27)  Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

(Romans 3:28)  Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

(Romans 3:29)  Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

(Romans 3:30)  Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

(Romans 3:31)  Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Paul then goes on to speak of this further in Romans chapter 6 in these verses how we were set free of sin by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.

(Romans 6:17)  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

(Romans 6:18)  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

(Romans 6:19)  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

(Romans 6:20)  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

(Romans 6:21)  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

(Romans 6:22)  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

(Romans 6:23)  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now I include John chapter 3 which is the full dialog between Nicodemus and Jesus from which this famous verse comes from as to why Jesus came but Jesus also goes on to state that we must be born again to see the kingdom of God. At the end of the chapter John the Baptist goes on to further emphasize some of the key points delivered.

(John 3:1)  There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

(John 3:2)  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

(John 3:3)  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

(John 3:4)  Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

(John 3:5)  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

(John 3:6)  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

(John 3:7)  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

(John 3:8)  The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

(John 3:9)  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

(John 3:10)  Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

(John 3:11)  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

(John 3:12)  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

(John 3:13)  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

(John 3:14)  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

(John 3:15)  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

(John 3:16)  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

(John 3:17)  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

(John 3:18)  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

(John 3:19)  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

(John 3:20)  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

(John 3:21)  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

(John 3:22)  After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

(John 3:23)  And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

(John 3:24)  For John was not yet cast into prison.

(John 3:25)  Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

(John 3:26)  And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

(John 3:27)  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

(John 3:28)  Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

(John 3:29)  He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

(John 3:30)  He must increase, but I must decrease.

(John 3:31)  He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

(John 3:32)  And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

(John 3:33)  He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

(John 3:34)  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

(John 3:35)  The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

(John 3:36)  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Romans chapter 10 Paul here speaks of Jesus and what He did, and how we must hear the word to be saved and most importantly gives instructions in verses 9-13 on how we must be saved, confessing with our mouths Jesus as Lord and believing in our hearts Jesus raised Him from the dead.

(Romans 10:1)  Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

(Romans 10:2)  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

(Romans 10:3)  For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

(Romans 10:4)  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

(Romans 10:5)  For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

(Romans 10:6)  But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

(Romans 10:7)  Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

(Romans 10:8)  But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

(Romans 10:9)  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

(Romans 10:10)  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

(Romans 10:11)  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

(Romans 10:12)  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

(Romans 10:13)  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

(Romans 10:14)  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

(Romans 10:15)  And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

(Romans 10:16)  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

(Romans 10:17)  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

(Romans 10:18)  But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

(Romans 10:19)  But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

(Romans 10:20)  But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

(Romans 10:21)  But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

Now I give you the chance to honor and obey the scripture- for the Lord wants us to call upon His Name and be saved, which then will restore the relationship between man and God that sin had first separated, the sin of Adam in Genesis. God wants this relationship and it is indeed why He sent His Son to die, and that death indeed did atone for our sins once and for all. There as nothing that can compare to the relationship with our loving Heavenly Father/Jesus and nothing comes remotely close to this wonderful love relationship. I am now including a prayer which you can use to begin this wonderful relationship to which nothing can compare. Please pray this prayer with me now

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours