God sent His Son
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The motivation of the Gospel (God Loved)
The motivation of the Gospel (God Loved)
As Creator
As Creator
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 3:14-
God as creator
God as creator rightly grieved over the corruption of His good creation. His desire was that it be repaired, made whole; purified once again
As Father
As Father
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
While Jesus is the only begotten, and we who believe are made children of God, there is a sense in which God is Father to all humanity
Parable the Lost sheep v1-7
Parable of the lost coin v8-10
Parable of the Prodigal son v11-32
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
luke 15:
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
luke 15:20-
God as Father to humanity rightly grieved over our rebellion and cursed reality. His desire is for us to be restored in full fellowship and rejoices when we are.
For God Agaped the world
For God Agaped the world
ἀγαπάω not only speaks to cherishing and taking pleasure in, but speaks as much to the manner one is treated because of and from this affection
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Lev
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
eph 5:25
The opening of v16 might better be rendered
“This is HOW God loved the world, in that he gave his only son...”
or
“This is HOW God provided for the world; he gave his only son...”
The facts of the Gospel (God sent His Son)
The facts of the Gospel (God sent His Son)
Jesus is the only begotten; the eternal Son
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Gospel Proper
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Jesus lived
1cor 15:
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
21st century Americans (sinful creatures) seek to avoid the least bit of discomfort, while Jesus (sinless Son of God) chose to endure a lifetime of discomfort, pain, and suffering as a boy and then a man.
Jesus died
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
v3: Ye who think of sin but lightly
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly
Here its guilt may estimate
Mark the sacrifice appointed
See who bears the awful load
‘Tis the Word, the Lord’s Anointed
Son of Man and Son of God
Jesus was buried Pilate sets a stone and a guard
Jesus rose again
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
1 cor 15:
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1cor 15:
You must believe:
that it is true
that it is enough
that it was for you
The results of the Gospel
The results of the Gospel
The verdict is already in for unbelievers - v18
This verdict is just - v19-20
A clear pattern:
Israel rejects God as King, demands a human king.
the crowds stirred by religious leaders shouted “Crucify Him”
If the lasting desire of your heart is to have nothing to do with Christ, you too shall get your way
You will have chosen the most pitiful possible end
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
But for the believers:
whosoever believes actually is better rendered ALL WHO BELIEVE!
and agree: THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION
EVERLASTING LIFE REALLY IS EVERLASTING!
v4: Here we have a firm foundation
Here the refuge of the lost
Christ, the Rock of our salvation
His the name of which we boast
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on Him their hope have built
Praise be to the Father for sending His Son
Praise be to the Son, who willingly came to save sinners like us!