Gave His One And Only Son

John 3:16,36 – 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…Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

Isaiah 9:6 – For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Genesis 22:2,12,15-18 – Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” …“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”… The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

John 1:4,18 – In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind…No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John 6:29,40 – Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”… For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

John 11:25-26 – Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

2 Samuel 7:14 – I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.

John 20:31 – But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Application:

• ·         “God so loved the word” is the great truth that motivated God’s plan of salvation.
• ·         His rule will bring wholeness and well-being to individuals and to society.
• ·         Abraham’s “faith was made complete by what he did”.
• ·         “The one and only Son, who is Himself God” is an explicit declaration of Christ’s deity.
• ·         Eternal life is a present possession, not something the believer will only obtain later.
• ·         Believing in Jesus Christ is the indispensable “work” God calls for—the one that leads to eternal life.
• ·         Death cannot destroy the life that Christ gives.
• ·         Jesus not only is life, but He also conveys life to believers so that death will never triumph over them.
• ·         Believers may die physically but, as those who have eternal life, their physical death is not their ultimate end.
• ·         He is the “light of the world”, who holds out wonderful hope for humanity and for the creation.
• ·         Life is Christ’s gift, and He, in fact, is “the life”.
• ·         The Lord put His servant’s faith and loyalty to the supreme test, thereby instructing Abraham, Isaac and their descendants as to the kind of total consecration the Lord’s covenant requires.
• ·         Abraham’s devotion is paralleled by God’s love to us in Christ.
• ·         The whole Gospel of John is written to show the truth of Jesus’ Messiahship and to present Him as the Son of God, so that the readers may believe in Him.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV