The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:35-36
In John 3, Jesus speaks those immortal words that we long for, twice over, in the teaching of Nicodemus (vv. 15, 16). However there is a third time that the good news of everlasting life comes by belief in Jesus, and we read that passage in our scripture for today.
It is interesting that a dispute arises between the disciples of Jesus and those of John. The Baptizer then sets things straight with the disciples and humbly says that he must decrease while our Lord Jesus increases. The savior of the world must come first and His servant who preceded Him must fall back to second. And for the third time, John tells us even today that the person who believes in the Son has everlasting life.
Believe in the Son of God = life everlasting. Seems almost too simple for us in this complicated age.
Bucky
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