Jesus Christ came to save not to condemn.

John 3:16-17

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 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 

If there is only one verse in the Bible we could ever remember, this one is the one. That verse is referred to as the “Gospel in a nutshell” because it summarizes what God’s will is for us through the Lord Jesus Christ. God loves us and wants us to be reconciled to Him, but sin separates us from the Holiness of God. When we believe in Jesus Christ, our sin is forgiven, and God sees us as being cleansed by that belief in His Son. The belief we have in Jesus ensures the promise of eternal life in Heaven instead of eternity in Hell.

In that one verse is the New Covenant, the fulfillment of Bible Prophecy concerning the coming of the Messiah, the revelation of the “scarlet cord” which runs all through the Bible, and the summary of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17 

When the Lord Jesus came to this earth, His only mission was to reveal the Kingdom of God to us and to atone for sin by giving His life on the Cross as the Lamb of God. His mission is one of mercy and love. He wants the world to be saved according to His Father’s will for us. It’s impossible to condemn sinners and promise to save them at the same time. That is what false prophets do, they promise peace, security, and salvation when actually they are leading you down a road to hell and torment. Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd who has no condemnation of us but only wants to lead us through the gates of eternal Salvation.

The reason Jesus is called the sacrificial Lamb of God is because He came to redeem the Jewish nation. They believed the only way to have their sins atoned for is by sacrificing an unblemished and spot free animal. Jesus Christ came as the spotless Lamb of God and the final sacrifice to end all sacrifices. The Jewish people reject Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God. Because they reject Him, He has made His offer available to the whosoever. By believing in Him as the atonement for sin, we are cleansed of sin in the eyes of God. There is no condemnation in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Today, the world rejects the offering God made through Jesus Christ for the atonement of sin. They reject the notion of sin and the need for what Jesus Christ did for us on the Cross. They live for the thing which forms what they think, feel, do, and say, and it enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them. By what they say and do, they mock the belief in God, mock Jesus Christ, and they mock the Holy Spirit. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. Even then, while alive on this earth, they have the opportunity to come to God through the Lord Jesus Christ. They are offered mercy and grace.

Just as I am, without one plea
But that Your blood was shed for me
And that You bid’st me come to thee
O Lamb of God, I come, I come
Just as I am, You will receive
Will welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve
Because Your promise I believe
O Lamb of God, I come, I come
(Church song)

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1