STUDY No. 6 - PASSAGE FOR STUDY: JOHN 3:1-16

This study uses a different approach. The idea is to read through a specific passage to gather practical information / lessons for living.

Don’t worry if you cannot find an answer for each question. Sometimes the bigger problem is finding too many!

I suggest you read the passage a couple of times.
If there are words in the Authorised Version that you find unfamiliar, you can find a Bible word list printed at the back of most Trinitarian Bible Society Bibles.

  1. What in your opinion is the PRINCIPAL POINT of this passage? (Imagine you are a reporter; what headline would you give it?)
  2. Find four PROMINENT PERSONS or PLACES mentioned
  3. Is there a SPECIFIC PROMISE (or more) in this passage?
  4. Is there a lesson (or more) that you can apply PERSONALLY today?
  5. Can you find a SIN TO AVOID? Which verse?
  6. Can you find a COMMAND TO OBEY? Which verse?
  7. Can you find an EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW? Which verse?
  8. Now can you find something to REMEMBER or LEARN about the LORD JESUS CHRIST?
John 3:16 is one of the best known verses in the Bible. It encapsulates what we know as "THE GOSPEL" (meaning "good news"):
"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."
The extent of His love is shown in giving His only begotten Son.

This does not mean that all are saved. Every person must receive what Christ has accomplished for him or her on the Cross, hence the addition of the words "...that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish...".
The necessity of the new birth grows out of the incapacity of natural man to ‘see’ or ‘enter into’ the kingdom of God. However gifted, moral or refined a man may be, it is still true:

"Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God".

One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves is: "Have I been born again yet?
If you are not sure of the answer, you can find out more by reading 'CHRISTIAN?' (which is is also published as a small 16-page booklet). It has helped many to find a personal faith in Christ and know what it is to be born again.

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