John 3:16-21
For God So Loved The World
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, 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. 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."
God so LOVES the world that He gave His Son for us, and our sins...He could have condemned us for our sins and sent us to eternal punishment...But He did not...It seems that His LOVE trumps the sins that we do, through His mercy and forgiveness...For whoever believe in Him is not condemned, because they believe in the On True God and His One and Only Son...
Philosopher Criss Jami writes, “I wouldn't think that God is quite as much concerned with whether or not one actually sins as He is with whether or not in one's heart one genuinely wants to turn from sin; and therefore, continues working passionately with Him in doing so...It is not some pleasure of God's, as some might imagine, to stand around critiquing, arms crossed, holding a whip...I suppose that when someone weeps over their sins, He extends His hands; He wants them to lift their head and embrace Him and the mercy He's willing to show...But when someone is proud of their sins, He delivers His justice swiftly and righteously...Sin does not intimidate God - although He takes it very seriously - it does no real harm to Him whatsoever, only to the sinner and to other people: and He loves people.”...