Love Of God

Gospel According to John
3.16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life."
There is nothing practical or concrete about this Word of Jesus.He asks us to believe that God sent His only Son to the world so that the people may be saved.Jesus was not simply a historical figure who lived , did good things and disappeared.Indeed He was the Son Of God, The Word Incarnate, destined from the creation to appear in the world as the God and Man.His purpose was to lead all the people to God.Think of our life.God has given us life.He has created this world.The life of a person is ,say, a maximum of 90 years, after which he is to depart this world, taking nothing with him, he leaves alone.And he leaves this world to darkness or light.Jesus was the God Incarnate to tell us that our life should not end in darkness, instead it should lead to light.We as the children of God are loved by God so much that we cannot live without him and he sustains our life moment by moment, breath by breath.Indian rishis would say God is in our breath.Every walk we take is protected by God. We stand on the ground earth because God decided in that way.Earth and other planets of the universe belong to him.Whatever trip we make to other planets, no use unless accompanied by the conviction that our life is controlled by God and is is looked after by God himself.The achievements that we accomplish with our finite intelligence is zero in the face of the Infinite Intelligence of God.If we don't have this simple unlettered faith in God our life after death is to be darkness.And the purpose for which we are created is nullified by our own will.

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