16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
When we think about these words our minds may automatically think: "salvation", which is true. Verse 16 and 17 form a kind of parallel thought: God "gave" and He "sent" His Son, so that through Him we would not be "condemned" and "perish", but instead "be saved" and "have eternal life". The refreshing thought is found in the word in verses 16 and 18" "Whoever". It is a word full of hope and change. There are options. One does not need to perish, be lost, die - a word used especially for an eternal loss. We can know and spend the rest of time getting to know the God Who made us, loves us, dies for us. What a refreshing thought to carry us through the day.
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