GETTING GREAT THROUGH GOD'S GREAT LOVE (4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 3:13-18
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Title: Getting Great Through God's Great Love (4)
Series: Greatness - Just Live It
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: John 3:13-18
I once read that the printing press was one of the greatest inventions ever. Up until that time, all books were painstakingly printed by hand - which made books very rare and very hard to find. But the Printing press changed all of that. Information was suddenly made available to 1000s of people. And (pause) one of the most significant accomplishments of the printing press was that it allowed people to have their own copies of Scripture.
That was a major focus of Martin Luther. He employed numerous print shops in Germany to create Bibles in the language of common men so that people could read God's Word for themselves.
The story is told of one of the print shops that Luther used for that very purpose. During one of the printings, one of the Bibles had been ripped and a scrap of paper from that Bible ended up on the shop floor where it was found by the daughter of the owner. And on that scrap of paper... were these words, "For God so loved that He gave..." The rest of the verse was missing, but that simple phrase moved her, and the rest of the day she went around with a smile on her face. Her mother noticed ... and asked what had made her so happy? The girl pulled the crumpled paper from her pocket and showed it to her mother. The mother read it and asked, "What did He give?" And the girl replied "I don't know, but if God loved us enough to give us anything He must love us deeply."
John 3:16 is perhaps one of the most beloved verses of the Bible. You'll see it displayed on billboards, on bumper stickers, on paintings and statues. And you'll see it a lot at sporting events (my apologies to those who believe Soccer is the only real game of "football"). But we Americans had a football player who had this verse printed beneath his eyes.
(PAUSE) "For God so loved the world that gave His only begotten Son that whosoever should be ...
Series: Greatness - Just Live It
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: John 3:13-18
I once read that the printing press was one of the greatest inventions ever. Up until that time, all books were painstakingly printed by hand - which made books very rare and very hard to find. But the Printing press changed all of that. Information was suddenly made available to 1000s of people. And (pause) one of the most significant accomplishments of the printing press was that it allowed people to have their own copies of Scripture.
That was a major focus of Martin Luther. He employed numerous print shops in Germany to create Bibles in the language of common men so that people could read God's Word for themselves.
The story is told of one of the print shops that Luther used for that very purpose. During one of the printings, one of the Bibles had been ripped and a scrap of paper from that Bible ended up on the shop floor where it was found by the daughter of the owner. And on that scrap of paper... were these words, "For God so loved that He gave..." The rest of the verse was missing, but that simple phrase moved her, and the rest of the day she went around with a smile on her face. Her mother noticed ... and asked what had made her so happy? The girl pulled the crumpled paper from her pocket and showed it to her mother. The mother read it and asked, "What did He give?" And the girl replied "I don't know, but if God loved us enough to give us anything He must love us deeply."
John 3:16 is perhaps one of the most beloved verses of the Bible. You'll see it displayed on billboards, on bumper stickers, on paintings and statues. And you'll see it a lot at sporting events (my apologies to those who believe Soccer is the only real game of "football"). But we Americans had a football player who had this verse printed beneath his eyes.
(PAUSE) "For God so loved the world that gave His only begotten Son that whosoever should be ...
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