John,
I was watching the past meeting because I loved the part about John 3:16, where you explained about God loving us “in this way”, instead of “so much” (like is taught most everywhere else).
God gave us the best thing He had; that’s Jesus, His Son, of course. But I feel that He has given us the best in so many OTHER things, too; it’s hard to count them all. He gave us you, and he gave us each other, and a love and fellowship that is second to none, as far as we know. He gave us music with truth, and testimonies, and gifts to share, and health and strength, and so many other blessings! As I said, we couldn’t even count or list them all. Look at the WAY God has loved us.
Here’s what you said that night, transcribed:
“You are very, very loved. Every one of you are loved by God, the creator of the universe. You are loved! Paul said in the book of Romans, trying to convince those people how loved they were: “if God spared not his own son how will he not give us whatever else we need”. The King James Version says in John 3:16, ‘God so loved the world.’ That word ‘so’ does not mean ‘so much’. Our translation got the emphasis right: we translated John 3:16, “This is the way God loved the world; He gave his only begotten Son.” John wasn’t saying how much God loves you; he was telling you the way God loves you. And the way God loved you was to give you the best thing he had. He’s not asking us to do anything He hasn’t done. And here we are – because you are very, very loved. God loves you.”
I felt so very loved by Jesus hearing this.
Gary
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