Whoever Believes In Him

"God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

John 3:16 (NIrV)

We continue our study of John 3:16 with the third phrase whoever believes in Him.

• whoever is the Greek word πᾶς. It means all, every, any.
• believes is the Greek word πιστεύω which means to have faith in to trust
• in is the Greek word εἰς which means into or to
• Him is from the Greek word αὐτός which refers back to the subject - God's son
• So, putting it all together, we get all who put their trust in Christ...
• When considering εἰς for "in" think of standing in front of a vending machine with your money in hand. Unless you put your money into the machine, you will not receive the drink or snack (or whatever) you want out of the machine. You have to totally relinquish your money to the machine in order to get the benefit from it. In the same way, you must totally relinquish your trust in yourself and put it into Christ in order to truly believe in Him and get the benefit from it

What is the benefit we receive? We'll find out as we finish the week.