Back to Basics

I was reading through a book last night, and I got to a chapter that was all about the Gospel (very cool!).  It was talking about how so many times we look at the Gospel as the beginning of our faith, and we fail to realize that it’s actually the center of our faith.  We overlook the beauty and importance of the Gospel because we feel we have reached a place in our faith where we have outgrown it (how foolish!).  It brought up the verse John 3:16, and suggested we really stop and look over it and see it for what it truly says rather than just an easy verse that children memorize in Awana groups.

“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

When you really stop and think over the words of this verse it’s amazing!  The God of the universe – the God who made us from the dust of the earth – loved us so much [agape love] that He sent His only Son – His precious Son who has been one with Him for all eternity as part of the trinity – that we might believe in Him so that we won’t perish [be destroyed] but have eternal [perpetual, constant, abundant] life.

How cool is that!  What a great and glorious God we serve, and may we never forget that or the beauty of His Gospel!