DAILY READINGS: 2 Chronicles 7; Ezekiel 32; John 11:55 to 12:19
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
God loved which world? The world of sinners! All sinners. Not the sins, but the sinner. For them, God’s Son was given to be a perfect sacrifice to God, for sin. He cleanses the sinner who accepts His sacrifice. The physical world will also one day be cleansed, but by fire and judgment. And every sinner who rejects the sacrifice will experience God’s eternal righteous judgment as well. But cleansed sinners will remain eternally in God’s presence, as testimony to His eternal love. Where will you be? —Doug Kazen
God loved the world of sinners lost, and ruined by the fall,
Salvation full, at highest cost, He offers free to all. — Martha Stockton