God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it,but to save it. -John 3:17.
God has a Son
Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?Who holds the wind in his fists?Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?Who has created the whole wide world?What is his name-and his Son's name? -Proverb 30:4.God has a Son,and,as the quotation from the book of Proverbs shows,even the oldest people in the Bible suspected that it was so.That Son was sent to us by God.Is it possible to send a son who doesn't exist?Isn't that an indication that the Son of God is eternal like God Himself?
Already before His birth God had decided on His Name:Jesus!And that name,which means "the Lord is salvation" describes God's purpose:He wishes to save.The message re-occurs constantly as the subject of the leaves of this calendar.
Conceived by the Holy Spirit,Jesus was the Son of God even as a Man on earth (cf Matthew 1:20;Luke 1:35).Even when He was a child,people sought to kill Him.The Holy Scripture tells us little about His youth.But at the age of thirty He began His work,a service for God and for mankind.
The unique thing about His Person is:through His Word and His selfless life we know what God is like.Let us compare our own lives and our best intentions with all that He did.We shall realize that they are worlds apart.
Finally,the Son of God who became Man was killed by His creatures.That happened on the cross outside the gates of the city of Jerusalem.
Yet on the ground of that death God offers redemption to everyone who believes,and He still shows patience towards a world that is ripe for judgment.
God has a Son
Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?Who holds the wind in his fists?Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?Who has created the whole wide world?What is his name-and his Son's name? -Proverb 30:4.God has a Son,and,as the quotation from the book of Proverbs shows,even the oldest people in the Bible suspected that it was so.That Son was sent to us by God.Is it possible to send a son who doesn't exist?Isn't that an indication that the Son of God is eternal like God Himself?
Already before His birth God had decided on His Name:Jesus!And that name,which means "the Lord is salvation" describes God's purpose:He wishes to save.The message re-occurs constantly as the subject of the leaves of this calendar.
Conceived by the Holy Spirit,Jesus was the Son of God even as a Man on earth (cf Matthew 1:20;Luke 1:35).Even when He was a child,people sought to kill Him.The Holy Scripture tells us little about His youth.But at the age of thirty He began His work,a service for God and for mankind.
The unique thing about His Person is:through His Word and His selfless life we know what God is like.Let us compare our own lives and our best intentions with all that He did.We shall realize that they are worlds apart.
Finally,the Son of God who became Man was killed by His creatures.That happened on the cross outside the gates of the city of Jerusalem.
Yet on the ground of that death God offers redemption to everyone who believes,and He still shows patience towards a world that is ripe for judgment.
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