Today is Friday, March 27th, 2009; Karen's Korner #1535
Depending on the Bible translation, most people know one of the most popular verses in the Bible - John 3:16:
"For God so loved the world that He
gave His only Son that
whoever believes on Him shall not perish
but have eternal life."
But listen to this translation in The Message Bible, plus a few more verses following:
"This is how much God loved the world:
He gave his Son, his one and only Son.
And this is why:
so that no one need be destroyed,
by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son,
merely to point an accusing finger,
telling the world how bad it was.
He came to help, to put the world right again.
Anyone who trusts in Him is acquitted;
anyone who refuses to trust Him
has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it.
And why?
Because of that person's failure to believe in the
one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to Him.
This is the crisis we're in:
God-light streamed into the world,
but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness.
They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God.
Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil,
addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it,
fearing a painful exposure.
But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes
God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is."
~~ John 3:16-21
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