03-13-2021 Gospel John Chapter 3

 

Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the son of man be lifted up so that those who believe in him may have eternal life. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. So that those who believe in him would not perish, but would have life eternal. God did not send his son into the world in order to condemn the world. But the world might believe through him. And those who do not believe are already condemned for not believing in the only son of God."

Now, the verdict is this, light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light because their deeds were evil. One who does evil things does not come to the light or fear that those deeds might be exposed. The one who does righteous things who lives in the truth, he comes to the light so that all may see that his deeds are done in God.