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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: Is God omnipotent? |
Bible Note: Dear LGC, You said "In that passage, Jesus is saying that the time the scriptures of the old testament spoke of has come to pass, and that those who have died will hear the message of God." Bit Jesus said"John 5:24,26 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." As 4givn has pointed out Jesus is speaking of those "spiritually dead". Dead in their trespasses and sins. "Even though Jesus was right there and could be seen, they did not see Him because they did not believe." Rom 11:7,8 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; just as it is written, "GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY." It is obvious that God is the one who chooses those who recieve mercy ,and, hardens those which he leaves to follow the path of wickedness. The Jews did not believe for God had given them a spirit of stupor! "EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT," that is the reason that they did not believe. John |