Subj : The Bible in a Nutshell
To   : All
From : Newborn
Date : Sat Oct 08 2005 00:18:00

The whole of God's Book can be reduced to the compass of a single sentence; it
is John 3:16, the most widely known and the best beloved of all the passages in
the Bible.

It falls into two haves (God's half in the one side and Man's half on the other
side) God loved and gave; and man believes and lives (as thus depicted) -

GOD LOVED AND GAVE                           MAN BELIEVES AND LIVES

(God's side)                                 (Man's side)

For God so loved the world, that He          whosover believeth in Him
gave His only begotten Son, that             should not perish, but has 
                                             everlasting life.
                                   
                                 (John 3:16)

If you count the words you will find that there are just twenty-five.  This is
true both in the English and the Greek.  It will also be observed that in the
exact center of this wonderful sentence is the word 'Son'; nor is this
surprizing for is He not the CENTER around whom revolves all the purposes of
God in Creation and Redemption.

This word (Son) is the 'hinge'. so to speak, upon which the two halves of the
sentence turn.  He came to bring God to men and to bring men to God.  He is the
meeting point between a Holy God and sinful men.   But He is also a 'loving'
God, whose nature is to love; and in the Son we see that love fully
manifested,  What responce is more fitting from a heart so loved then to accept
the life He proffers?

Newborn

Christianity is a personal relationship, not a religion

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