JOHN 3:16
Sunday
Morning: June 16, 2004
Text: John 3:13-16 "And no man
hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the
Son of man which is in heaven. 14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15. That
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16. For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
1
Corinthians 10:1-11 "Moreover, brethren,
I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers
were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2. And were
all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3. And did all
eat the same spiritual meat; 4. And did all drink the same
spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and
that Rock was Christ. 5. But with many of them God was not
well pleased: for they were overthrown (they died) in the wilderness.
6. Now these things were our examples, to
the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7. Neither
be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The
people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8. Neither let
us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day
three and twenty thousand (23,000). 9. Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed [apollumi, perished] of serpents. 10.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and
were destroyed [apollumi, perished] of the destroyer. 11. Now all these things happened
unto them for ensamples [tupov, types]: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom
the ends of the world are come."
Numbers
21:5-9 "And the people spake
against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to
die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither
is there any water; and our soul loatheth this
light bread. 6. And the LORD sent fiery serpents
among the people, and they bit the people; and much
people of Israel died [not any of the mixed
multitude]. 7. Therefore the people came to Moses, and
said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee;
pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed
for the people.
8.
And the
LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon
it, shall live.
9. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a
pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass [judgment, brass
laver], he lived [they did not perish and thus lose his
inheritance]."
John
3:13 "And no man hath ascended up
[also translated entered] to heaven, but he that came down
from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."
Acts 5:30-31 "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31. Him hath God exalted [lifted, the same word as in John 3:14] with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."
John 3:14 "And as Moses lifted [exalted] up the (brass)
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted [exalted]
up (Jesus is not the brass serpent):"
John 12:32-33 "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will
draw all men unto me. 33. This he said, signifying what
death he should die."
Acts 2:33 "Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted [lifted up, same word as in John 3:14], and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear."
Romans
8:34 "Who is he that condemneth? It
is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."
Hebrews
2:14 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that
through death he might destroy [make idle] him that had
the power of death [thanatos, death of the soul], that is, the devil
(that old serpent, Rev. 12:9);"
Numbers
21:8 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Make
thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that
every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live (not
perish, and lose their inheritance in the land flowing
with milk and honey)."
Acts 7:31-32 "When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold [consider, same word as in Hebrews 3:1] it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, 32. Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold [consider, same word as in Hebrews 3:1]."
Hebrews
3:1 "Wherefore, holy brethren,
partakers of the heavenly calling, consider [behold, consider] the Apostle and High
Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;"
Hebrews
12:1-2 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
patience [endurance] the race that is set before us, 2.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
John
3:15 "That whosoever believeth [present
active participle (faith)] in him should [may] not [mh] perish (lose the reward
of the inheritance), but [may] have eternal [agelasting]
life."
Romans
4:9-11 ". . . we say that faith
was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10. How was it
then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in
circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11. And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith
which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father
of all them that believe [present active participle (faith)],
. ."
1
John 5:4-5 "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh
the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our
faith. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that
believeth [present active participle (faith)] that Jesus is the
Son of God (our high priest)?"
Hebrews
4:14 "Seeing then that we have a great
high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of
God, let us hold fast our profession."
Revelation
21:7 "He that overcometh (believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God) shall inherit all things; and I
will be his God, and he shall be my son."