For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Our minds find no rest until we come to God's unmerited love; salvation has no other source. Do not imagine He was won by our merits, such wickedness taints our nature. Scripture everywhere exalts His pure mercy, which sets all claims of our worthiness aside.
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We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of one soul. Observe, I. Who this Nicodemus was. Not many mighty and noble are called; yet some are, and here was one.
Commenting on John 3:1-21
God sent His Son not to condemn the world but to save it, even the Gentiles whom He had left in darkness, and even the wicked Jews who would reject Him. His first coming was for salvation; judgment comes at His return.
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