Savoring the Gift of Son Light

Standing in Son Light

Text: John 3:16-21 (NIV)

16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,f that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.g 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”h

I.        Introduction:

II.      The Father’s Cure for Sin through the Son: An Extension of Grace (The Gift)

III.   The Believer’s Confidence in the Son for Salvation: An Expression of Faith (The Grasp)

IV.    The Son’s Confrontation with Sin in the Believer: An Exposure to Light (The Glow)

V.      Conclusion:

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f Or his only begotten Son

g Or God~s only begotten Son

h Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 15.