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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Are we ever "worthy" of God's love? |
Bible Note: Dear NewLump, Thank you for your kind response. At times my zeal for God degenerates into personal rancor against a brother. I am then guilty of self-righteousness and need to repent and ask for forgiveness. I agree that we must guard against placing our doctrines above the written Word. However,I also believe that avoidance of troublesome teachings is a great mistake. I love to discuss the doctrines of our faith. In fact, if it were not for my desire to learn the truth, I would still be mired in a false gospel. A gospel that was not a gospel at all! There is no way we can avoid forming a system of beliefs. The Bible itself is such a system. We read it and form ideas in our minds as to what it means. We come across a difficult passage and read and reread it. What does it mean? perhaps we need to look again at the context or look at related verses to bring light to the verse in question. Commentaries and Bible dictionaries can be helpful. All the while we are building our own personal system of belief. I find that this forum is an excellent tool for confirming and correcting my own belief system. The Reformed faith is a minority position in our modern age. The doctrines of the fathers of protestantism are spurned and derided by many. Were they right about everything they taught? Of course not. They were sinners the same as we are. But they did recover the gospel and for that we should praise God. I have to go to work. I will continue later, God willing. Your Brother, John |