ONE NIGHT, TRUE LIGHT (Part 2)

Sermon by Rev. Richard Jones

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An Interview with Nicodemus 

(Part 2)

John 3:16-21

John 3:16-21 (ESV)
16  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17  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.
18  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.
19  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.
20  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
21  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.”

 

A PERSONAL TEXT

John 3:16 (ESV)
16  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

A PURPOSE TEXT

John 3:17 (ESV)
17  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.

2 Peter 3:8-9 (ESV)
8  But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9  The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Ezekiel 33:10-11 (ESV)
10  “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ”˜Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?”™
11  Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

 

A PAINFUL TEXT

John 3:18 (ESV)
18  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.

Romans 8:1 (ESV)
1  There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 2:4-5 (ESV)
4  Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God”™s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
5  But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God”™s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Matthew 10:28 (ESV)
28  And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 25:41 (ESV)
41  “Then he will say to those on his left, ”˜Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

John 1:10-12 (ESV)
10  He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
11  He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
12  But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

 

A PENETRATING TEXT

John 3:19-20 (ESV)
19  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.
20  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

 

A POSITIVE TEXT

John 3:21 (ESV)
21  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.”

Isaiah 55:6-7 (ESV)
6  “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
7  let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

 

 

 

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