Yes, God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him may
not be lost, but may have eternal life. God did not send the Son into the world to condemn
the world; instead, through him the world is to be saved.Whoever believes in him will not be
condemned. He who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed
in the name of the only Son of God. This is how Judgment is made: Light has come into the
world, and people loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For
whoever does wrong hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, for fear that his deeds
will be seen as evil. But whoever lives according to the truth comes into the light, so that
it can be clearly seen that his works have been done in God.”
READ: Jesus was conversing with Nicodemus, telling him that the Son of Man must also be
lifted up to bring salvation. Jesus continued by telling Nicodemus that God loved the world
so much that he sent his only Son so that whoever believes in him (Jesus/ the Son) will not
perish or lost but will have eternal life. Jesus came not to judge the world but to save the
world. Jesus further explained to Nicodemus that he (the Son) came as the light to the world
but those who do evil hated the light because they did not want their wicked ways to
be exposed.
REFLECT: The very reason why God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, into the world is to save the
world. Why? It is because God loves the world so much, the world and all it contains. Love is
the very energy that keeps the entire salvific process moving. God’s love saves us. As followers
of Jesus, we are called to become God’s instruments of salvation in our world today and it is
God’s love that will enable us to participate in God’s salvific act. Lent is a season that allows
God’s love to grow in us. Love must motivate our Lenten observances.
PRAY: Let us pray that the love of God may increase in us.
ACT: Let us do one act of goodness today while being fully conscious that we do it out of love
and for the love of God.
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