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Home John 3:14-21 NRSVue

John 3:14-21 NRSVue

14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.,

16“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

17“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. 21But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”,

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Reflection on John 3:14-21

Inspiration from 2024-03-10 Daily Prayer

Jesus was sent into the world to bring salvation. The world is ambivalent to Jesus, though God’s desire for us is clear – to have eternal life through Jesus. We pray to recognise the gift and the desire of God so that we are not captivated and drawn off course by the attractions of the world.

The lifting up of the serpent brought liberation to the Israelites from its poisonous effects (Numbers 21:9). Jesus was to be lifted up on the cross, offering his life for our salvation. As children of light, may we have hearts that believe in Jesus and respond in love, raising up people who are caught in the darkness.

Further reflection

The divine spark or presence is in each of us, called often the light of God. Prayer is the time we ‘switch on' this light, and allow ourselves become aware of the light of God filling us with love, forgiveness and healing. The light of God in each of us spreads to others, and it is through God's people that God's light mostly shines in the world. Prayer gives us a consciousness of that light, received and given.