Everybody quotes John 3:16. Almost nobody reads the next five verses. Men love the dark and hate the light, and the only ones who come to it are the ones God already worked in.
Rome now calls the death penalty inadmissible and an attack on human dignity. God grounded it in human dignity before Moses was born, and handed the magistrate the sword Himself. Man does not get to rule out what Heaven ordained.
John’s disciples were jealous that Jesus was getting the crowds. John told them the truth: a man gets only what Heaven gives him, and the Bridegroom gets the bride. He must increase.
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Upcoming apologetic
Why Jesus Asked Philip
(John 1:44) (Luke 9:10) (John 6:5-6)
John names Philip’s hometown; Luke names the feeding’s place; only together does Jesus’ bread question to Philip make quiet sense — and John already says it was a test.
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