The World Through Him Might Be Saved

No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 3:13-19

Although Jesus did not go off to war to defeat an earthly foe, He did go to the cross to defeat the ultimate enemy – sin and death. Jesus came to earth to demonstrate God’s life in action and to die a horrendous death so that we could be forgiven of our sins.

Anniversaries and memorials remind us of important historical events and heroic deeds. The cross reminds us of the pain of the path of Jesus’ death and the beauty of His sacrifice for our salvation.

The cross of Jesus is the supreme evidence of the love of God.

Our Daily Bread – September 13, 2015