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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. |
Bible Question: How would you respond to someone who said "I don't believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but I think he was a wonderful man." |
Bible Answer: Good Afternoon! While i agree with both of the other posts/answers, I would like to add that when this has been said to me, the FIRST thing I do is ask how they came to that conclusion. Hearing the answer is very helpful in knowing how to best discuss this topic with them. For instance, just this past week I had someone say this and when I asked how they came to that conclusion, our discussion revealed that this person had never read the Bible and didn't know anything about Jesus aside from the fact that he was unjustly killed. (He knew nothing at all of the resurrection!) A great discussion followed resulting in him taking a Bible from me and agreeing to read the Gospel of John and meet with me weekly to discuss further. I think it is almost always a good idea to start with an approach like this as it gives the person an opportunity to speak his/her mind and be "heard" by me and gives me an opportunity to know just what misinformation/misinterpretation, etc. I'm going to be dealing with. Hope this info is helpful. God bless you!! |