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John 3:16-17 describes the greatest gift that was ever given in history
The Giver: God
The Recipient: the World
The Gift: His Only Begotten Son
The Giver: God
God is the giver of the gift (v.16)
1. What motivated God to give the gift?
Rom 5:8
1Jn 4:10
2. What kind of love is this?
1 Cor 13
3. God’s love has no bounds
Rom 8:35
Summary
1. God agape loved and expressed and showed the extent of His love by giving a gift to be received
2. God loved us before we loved Him
3. God choose to love us
4. God’s love has no bounds
Application:
1. Understand that God’s love does not depend on us loving Him
2. Nothing Can separate you from God’s love if He is your Heavenly Father
3. Don’t let anyone tell you that God does not love you
The Recipient: the world
The World Needed the Gift
The Definition of Sin
Eph 2:3
Rom 5:12
Rom 3:9-18
Rom 3:23
The Penalty of Sin
Summary:
1. The World Needed the Gift
2. we have all sinned, broken God’s law in some way
Summary:
3. having been conceived separated from God, condemned to hell and having personally sinned, the world needed rescue from their sin
4. knowing this need, God sent the greatest gift ever, His Only SON to die
Application
1. have you personally recognized your need for God’s gift?
2. have you agreed with God that you have sinned?
1Jn 1:8-10
The Gift: His Only Begotten Son
Because God loved the world and did not want anyone to go to eternal hell, He gave a gift that expressed His love and that showed the extent of His love
Isa 9:6
1Jn 4:9
Jesus was not physically procreated, born, by God
God made visible His love to the unsaved, to us, by sending His only, unique, one of a kind, promised Son so that we could be saved from hell
2Co 5:21
1Jn 4:10
God’s motivation in sending His
gift was not to condemn the
world but so that the world
would be saved through receiving
the gift.
Joh 3:36
Joh 6:40
Joh 11:25
The reward for receiving God’s gift is everlasting life
The Demand of Following Jesus
1. Forsaking all for Jesus
Luk 14:26-27
Luk 14:33
2. Separation
a. from personal sin
b. from sinning saved people
c. from false religious teachers
d. from world system against God
3. Commitment
Rom 12:1-2
Summary
1. because God loved the world and did not want anyone to go to eternal hell, He gave a gift that expressed His love and that showed the extent of His love
2. God made visible His love to the unsaved, to us, by sending His only, unique, one of a kind, promised Son to rescue us
Summary:
3. Jesus paid our fine so that we could escape eternal punishment and separation from God.
4. Jesus alone vicariously bore the exact penalty of man’s sin, thereby appeasing God’s wrath and satisfying His righteousness.
Summary:
5. in order to receive this gift, one must believe in the gift: Jesus
6. to believe in Jesus means to trust in who He is and what He alone has done; total commitment and placing complete trust in and dependency on Him
Summary
7. the reward for receiving God’s gift is everlasting life but there is a cost to following Jesus:
a. Forsaking
b. Separation
c. Commitment
Application
1. have you personally received God’s gift to the world?
2. have you trusted in and committed your life to Jesus?
The Giver: God gave The Gift: His Only Begotten Son to The Recipient: the World
The greatest gift ever given was God giving His unique, one of a kind Son to die for those who were condemned. What have you done with His gift? Have you received it? Or have you rejected it like most of the world?
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