John 3:16 “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. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
We have already seen John's description of the Incarnation of Christ as the Light and Life coming into the darkness. This is described further here, along with what we saw yesterday - that many did not receive the light; they wanted to remain in the darkness to try to cover their evil. Of course, this just does not work, as in the end all darkness will be exposed. This best-known verse in the Bible, of course, has been diluted to some sense of "believe" which falls far short of its meaning. John (and Jesus) are talking about a total trust in Christ as the plan of God for salvation: Nothing less.
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