The Greatest Father of Them All
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Scripture Reading
Scripture Reading
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Many Ask Why God is referred to in the male gender
Because the seed must always come from a male, and mankind comes from God
Intro
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Nicodemus
Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.
But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men,
and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Point 1 The Motive of God
Point 1 The Motive of God
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Point 2 The Object of God
Point 2 The Object of God
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Point 3 The Action of God
Point 3 The Action of God
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Begotten one
Monogenẽs: uniquely, one
Mono - one
genẽs - genetics
Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
Point 4 The Motive, Object, and Action of the Hearer
Point 4 The Motive, Object, and Action of the Hearer
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Some Say Without Works
Some Say Without Works
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
We have to Make God our Motive, Object, and Action
We have to Make God our Motive, Object, and Action
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.