Title: Yes, God Loves You (3)
Series: Let's Get Real-Answers to Life's Biggest Questions
Author: Scott Maze
Text: John 3:1-15
Think with me about some of the most famous sayings in history. Martin Luther King Jr said famously, "I have a dream..." John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Perhaps there is no more famous sentence anywhere than John 3:16.
Find John 3, with me.
In London, on the banks of the Thames, stands a stone column called Cleopatra's Needle. It is estimated that it was originally carved 3,400 years ago and stood in Egypt. Queen Cleopatra had it moved to Alexandria around 1,000 years later. Less than 200 years ago, this 180-ton, granite statue was moved to London. You may be wondering, "What does this have to do with John 3:16?" They made a time capsule to go along with the 68.5-foot statue. What would you place in a time capsule from 150 years ago, you ask? They placed a baby's bottle, some children's toys, 12 photographs of the best-looking English women of the day, a box of cigars, several tobacco pipes, and, most important of all, they placed a copy of John 3:16 in 215 languages.1
If you don't already know John 3:16, prepare to fall in love with its message and words. John 3:16 is one of the most cherished and memorized Scriptures in all the Bible. Many, if not most, you love, love, love this verse.
John 3:16 was the most searched-for verse according to online search rankings last year. It's special to so many of us.
Still, there are people who don't know or understand it. Our goal is to examine in a little more depth the life-changing meaning behind this most famous of verses. If you are looking for a fresh start in life, here it is.
Today's Scripture
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
Again, John 3:16 has been memorized by countless Sund ...
Series: Let's Get Real-Answers to Life's Biggest Questions
Author: Scott Maze
Text: John 3:1-15
Think with me about some of the most famous sayings in history. Martin Luther King Jr said famously, "I have a dream..." John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Perhaps there is no more famous sentence anywhere than John 3:16.
Find John 3, with me.
In London, on the banks of the Thames, stands a stone column called Cleopatra's Needle. It is estimated that it was originally carved 3,400 years ago and stood in Egypt. Queen Cleopatra had it moved to Alexandria around 1,000 years later. Less than 200 years ago, this 180-ton, granite statue was moved to London. You may be wondering, "What does this have to do with John 3:16?" They made a time capsule to go along with the 68.5-foot statue. What would you place in a time capsule from 150 years ago, you ask? They placed a baby's bottle, some children's toys, 12 photographs of the best-looking English women of the day, a box of cigars, several tobacco pipes, and, most important of all, they placed a copy of John 3:16 in 215 languages.1
If you don't already know John 3:16, prepare to fall in love with its message and words. John 3:16 is one of the most cherished and memorized Scriptures in all the Bible. Many, if not most, you love, love, love this verse.
John 3:16 was the most searched-for verse according to online search rankings last year. It's special to so many of us.
Still, there are people who don't know or understand it. Our goal is to examine in a little more depth the life-changing meaning behind this most famous of verses. If you are looking for a fresh start in life, here it is.
Today's Scripture
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
Again, John 3:16 has been memorized by countless Sund ...
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