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He GAVE by Bob MErritt

week 2: Dec. 1/2, 2012

If you reduced the Bible down to a single statement, John 3:16 would be it: God loved; God gave; we believe; we live. Hard to believe for some, totally ignored by others. But as Christians, this is the verse we build our entire lives on. Why?

We’re all _______________.



God wants a ______________ with ____.

Extra Credit on the way home. What’s the meaning of the following phrases?

Total depravity



Substitutionary atonement

Incarnation

SCRIPTURE >

John 3:16

1 Peter 3:18

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.

Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God.

Romans 5:6,8

The lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

At just the right time Christ died for the ungodly. God demonstrates his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.

Romans 3:10 No one is righteous, not even one.

James 2:10 Whoever breaks even one command is guilty of breaking them all.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death.

Isaiah 53:6 God laid on him the sins of us all.

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the animal is in the blood, and I have provided it for you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it’s the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.

John 1:29 John 1:1,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us.

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and we beheld his glory, the glory of the one and only Son who came from the Father.

Luke 7:47 Those who’ve been forgiven much, love much.