john 3:16 sermon outline
HOW GOD IS AFFECTED TOWARDS THE COSMOS: He loved it.1. Amid the hush of that gathered company the officer sternly commanded to do his duty dashed out one of the prince's eyes. D. To part is to perish; and so he clings — and how anxiously! It is set forth BY THE EASINESS OF THE MEANS whereby we are possessed of the profit of this gift, "That whosoever believeth." The essence of His nature.2. God gives to every man that believes in Christ everlasting life.(C. There is a love of friendship, brotherly love, parental love, conjugal love, a love of country or patriotism, and a love of God, or religion. (2) God was originally so full of mercy that He was willing to stoop to any sacrifice except that of truth and justice in order to save man. Glover. The objects of His love are perishing — perishing, not in body but in soul.2. The manner. God still gives.II. )The naturalness of God's loveS. This life in all its perfection is the end of God. (4) Here, however, is the marvel of marvels — standing alone in the universe — that God loves a race that has defied and insulted Him.2. "No man taketh My life from Me."III. THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS GIFT.1. — When William Knibb had been preaching from this text in Jamaica, returning home he came up with an old black woman, and he said to her, "What do you think of the great love of God?" Spurgeon.)WhosoeverD. Dyke. I am deeply thankful for this blessed text; for if I am a lot unmentioned in any other catalogue, I know that this includes me: I am beyond all question under the shade of "whosoever." The world was guilty. The entire welfare of a government and its subjects turns upon obedience.3. In the Person of the only begotten Son of God.III. It has been the custom of some, a custom too much prevailing, to represent God as being under no manner of obligation to do anything for His creatures after they had broken His law. The trouble with this statement is that there is a great deal of truth in it; and yet it has been made in such a manner as to give a very wrong impression. Here, then, we have hit upon the radical difference between paganism and Christianity. Whatever authority He asserts, it submits to. H. Amid the hush of that gathered company the officer sternly commanded to do his duty dashed out one of the prince's eyes. (Bible Notes and Queries. By the "world" cannot be meant any particular part. (9)It was forbearing. How they stood affected. IN ITS MANIFESTATION, in —1. MEN NEED DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH.II. In His death or atonement (1 John 4:10). )God's love for a sinning worldC. Eternal life the gift of Divine love to all who believe in Christ.II. But who has ever given the life of his child for an enemy? Yet God so loved us that, to put it very strongly, He seemed to love us better than His only Son, and did not spare Him that He might spare us. We admire other qualities; we only love the loving.4. Ah! He could not take delight in it, but He did wish it well.2. Oh, how he strains his eye searching for a mast, a plank, a spar! )God's love for a sinning worldC. He permitted His Son to perish from among men "that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life."(C. Therefore —VI. This involves them in the greatest responsibility.3. Lewis, B. Blood to the image: that is' the essence of paganism. It is the violation of an infinitely important law — a law designed and adapted to secure the highest good of the universe.2. J. ParryWe often hear of counter currents, but was there ever such a counter current as is implied here! When He promises, faith relies on Him to fulfil. Not perishing.2. There is no change in God, or in His love. )The love of GodJ. The whole system of types betokened that in the fulness of time God would give His Son. The shaft is a thousand feet deep, and it was sunk at great cost to the proprietors; but it is our way out, and without it we should never be able to get to the surface." (1)The good will of the giver. Beecher. It is the violation of an infinitely important law — a law designed and adapted to secure the highest good of the universe.2. The poor fellows who knew they could not be forgiven, but must be put to death, never came. Guiness Rogers, B. A.I. The Divine love is not the effect, but the cause. Sin brought death and separated from the tree of life: Christ restored access to it.V. Observe —1. )God is loveC. What is the cosmos? Every terror of sin and of unworthiness that strives to loosen his hold only makes him grasp with more terrible and death-like tenacity, for he knows that to part company is to perish.(R. You find it nowhere else. The manner. Peers and paupers sit on one seat in this word. Every man held his breath, and was as silent as death. )God is loveC. ness, she goeth on conquering and to conquer. The Father's other self. HOW GOD MANIFESTED THIS AFFECTION.1. You find it nowhere else. When a man bids his son go into the tented field with every prospect of his dying for the welfare of his country, it is the highest expression of his attachment for that country.2. ITS CHARACTERISTICS.1. What adaptation there is in it to man's dire need IIII. THE DESIGN OF GOD'S LOVE.1. )The love of God is a necessity of His own natureH. It is set forth BY THE UNIVERSALITY, that whosoever, be he what he will, so he will but reach forth his hand to take this gift, he shall have it, and all the comfort of it.(J. H. Spurgeon.A story has been often told of the fondness of parents for their children; how in a famine in the East a father and mother were reduced to absolute starvation, and the only possibility of preserving the life of the family was to sell one of the children into slavery. But "He took not hold on angels, but the seed of Abraham." "That is large light, read it again." ITS EXPRESSION.1. A. "Now fire a shot if you dare, for if you do so, you defy the nations represented by those flags, and you will bring the powers of those two great empires upon you." Men who love much will give much. This involves them in the greatest responsibility.3. Be not ashamed of it.3. whosoever." )God's provision of the sacrificeJ. It is set forth by THE BENEFIT THAT COMES TO US BY IT.1. B. The Son is of the nature of the Father — Divine in a sense no other being is. The love of God was practical in the most costly way. WE LIVE IN THE GLORIOUS DAY OF SALVATION! The first cause of redemption — the love of God to man. Newton, D. D.What subject can be so interesting as this? There are many well-instructed people who shrink from the thought of infidelity. THE GIFT OF GOD'S LOVE. What more could He give? FOR WHOM WAS THE GREAT DONATION MADE? To perish is to lose all hope in Christ, all trust in God, all light in life, all peace in death, all joy.V. "Think, massa!" Young men and maidens, whosoever offers its embrace to you! He makes for the Saviour — he clasps Him — he cleaves to Him. Whosoever believes shall not perish, though he is ready to perish. The affection and the yearning of heart towards His erring creatures was just the same in God before Christ came, that Christ showed it to be while He was on earth. He represented God as the Good Shepherd, who goes after the lost one until it is found, and bears it to His home upon His shoulders with rejoicing. J. IN THE DELIVERANCE. THE PROMISE. Nichol. The necessity of this gift.III. If you enter into that, you will know that all this love is to you — that while Jehovah loves the world, yet He loves you as much as if there were nobody else in all the world to love.(C. Doubt is the great gulf fixed between you and God, but faith is the link which binds us to Him. O. Thompson.I. ( Log Out / This life in all its perfection is the end of God. Oh, how he strains his eye searching for a mast, a plank, a spar! Glover.I. Men who love much will give much. Will he set aside the law because the offender is royal? THE DOCTRINE. How natural the reply: "It serves you right"! "Dip it up then," was the response, "you are in the mouth of the Amazon river." He makes for the Saviour — he clasps Him — he cleaves to Him. God gave His Son. But "God commendeth," etc.(A. No purpose could be greater. Agnostics do not know whether He is force or Father. )Redemption through ChristC. Coley. This is illustrated in the miracles of Christ. Gaskin, M. In the gift. I always have a warm side towards odd, eccentric, out-of-the-way people, because I am one myself, at least so I am often said to be. )Believe onlyC. The richest man could not make a feast for all. God gave His Son. "He gave His only begotten Son. "But what about the people who sunk the shaft, and perfected all this arrangement? D. Barrows.I. Otherwise no man could be sure that it was made for himself.IV. ness, she goeth on conquering and to conquer. Agnostics do not know whether He is force or Father. Blood from the image: that is the essence of Christianity. This is the only possible way, God's government is moral because the Saviour is a moral agent. Men had no claim upon Him, but there were infinite reasons why He should not destroy them. To part is to perish; and so he clings — and how anxiously! God says, "Thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thy help."III. This life is "everlasting." This mightily bespeaks God's love and care for our salvation. Simplicity is often allied to sublimity. )The cost and cheapness of salvationW. H. Spurgeon.I. If the greatest love hath been manifested in the gift of Christ, then the greatest evil and wickedness is manifested in rejecting Him (Hebrews 2:2-4).(J. 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