God so loved the world

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Welcome

Remembrance Day

First World War - 1914 - 1918 (11:11am 11/11/1918)

Second World War - 1939 -1945

Commonwealth Soldiers

Freedom

The Exhortation is recited:

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

The Last Post is sounded.

2 mins silence

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Psalm Reading

Psalm 48:4–8 ESV

For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor. By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah

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Reading

John 3:16–21 ESV

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 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. 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. 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. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Sermon

Pre-Amble

The way of salvation

Born again - Born of water (baptism) & the Holy Spirit

John 3:14–15 ESV

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

For God so loved the world

John 3:16 ESV

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Author - God

Character - So Loved

Man’s experience is a reflection of God’s greater attributes (e.g. Moo vs Sun)

Its object - The World (His creation)

God does not love sin

Its Gift - His only-begotten Son

that His Son, the only begotton, he gave

gave unto death as an offering for sin (e.g. Abraham & Issac)

Its purpose - Whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life

believe - those who receive him with abiding trust and confidence

Faith is a gift from God

Ephesians 2:8 ESV

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Not to condemn the world

John 3:17 ESV

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.

The sanhidrin, against Amos teachings, taught that the Messiah would come to destroy the nations and rescue Israel

The world was already been condemned

Jesus had not coming in judgement but salvation

Jesus’ second coming will bring public proclamation of the verdict

Condemned by their reject of Jesus

John 3:18 ESV

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.

Condemned already because they have not believed

The light has come, but they love the darkness

John 3:19 ESV

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.

the world is not ignorant

they love their evil works

They hate the light

John 3:20 ESV

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

they refuse to

read the bible

attend church

John 3:21 ESV

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Believers like a plant turn their leaves towards the light

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Closing Prayer

Doxology