Bible Study II

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Greek & English Definitions:

For: (English) In the place of; as, a substitute or equivalent; To the advantage of; on behalf of; with reference to the needs of; In favor of; In honor of or in compliment to; Because of; on account of; by reason of; Instead of; on behalf of; As an off set to; Because of; with regard to; With the purpose of being, becoming, or doing something; One who is in favor of something.

God: (Greek) The Supreme God; The Sovereign King of the Heavens & Earth!!! The all ruling God who is absolute and sovereign! The Almighty God who is the absolute foundation of authority & power! Almighty God, who is of unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who possessing unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who is all powerful and resistless! The Almighty God who has omnipotent mercy, grace, blessings, power, and love!: 

(Supreme meaning the highest in authority; holding the highest place in government or power; Highest, greatest, or most excellent; as supreme love; supreme glory; supreme degree; as, the Supreme Being; the most exalted being, of the heavens, of the universe, of the earth, God!); 

(Sovereign meaning one who exercises power; a supreme ruler; the person having the highest authority in a state, as a king, emperor, queen etc.; a monarch; Supreme in power; possessing supreme power; independent of and unlimited by any other; royal; Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; potent; as, the Kingdom of God being a Sovereign state having the administration of its own government, and not dependent on or subject to another power);

(ruling meaning government; rule; Decision; determination; an oral or written order of a presiding judge or referee with regard to a matter of procedure; Predominant; chief; controlling); 

(absolute meaning literally, in a general sense, free or independent of anything extraneous; Complete in itself; positive; Unconditional; Existing independent of any other cause; as, God is absolute; Unlimited by extraneous power or control; The independent, unrestricted, and perfect Being; God; generally with the; as, the power of the Absolute; that which is perfect or unrestricted; a condition of perfection); 

(Almighty means possessing all power; omnipotent; A slang term for great; terrible; enormous; astonishing);

(authority meaning legal power; or a right to command or to act; as, the authority of the president or a governor; the authority of parents over children; the power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character or office; Testimony; witness; or the person who testifies; as, the Gospels or the evangelists are our authority for the miracles of Jesus Christ; The author of an authoritative statement, or one commanding the respect of others; or a book containing the writings of such an author; as, Almighty God is the author and authority of the Bible; the officers of government; the persons or the body exercising power or command);

(power meaning the latent or inherent property of a being, divine, human, or animal, manifested by endeavor, by reason, of which that being is capable of bringing about moral or physical changes; potency; Ability, material or moral; Capacity; susceptibility; force; strength; momentum; Influence; that which may move the mind; Command; the right of governing or actual government; dominion; rule; sway;  );

(unlimited meaning not limited; having no bounds; boundless; Undefined; indefinite; not bound by proper exceptions; Unconfined; not restrained); 

(infinite meaning without limits; unbounded; boundless; not circumscribed, applied to time or space; Indefinitely large; immense; boundless; vast; exceedingly great I excellence, degree, capacity, and the like; Anything infinite; infinity; An infinite or incalculable number; The infinite Being, God ); 

(possessing meaning to occupy in a person; to have as an occupant; to have and hold; To become or make oneself master of; to seize; to gain; to obtain the occupation of; To affect strongly; to pervade; to fill or take up entirely; To make acquainted with; to acquaint; to inform; To furnish or fill; to imbue or install into; To put in possession; to possess denotes to have as a possession; to make master or owner of; To have full power or mastery over, as, the Lord God Almighty possessing the total being of a person by and through “Holy Spirit” as that person is washed and cleansed in the precious Blood of His Son Jesus Christ ); 

(resistless means that cannot be effectually opposed or withstood; irresistible; That cannot resist; helpless against) 

(omnipotent meaning almighty; possessing unlimited power; all powerful; applied to the Deity; Having unlimited power; resistless; omnipotent love; as, the omnipotent God!)

Loved: (Greek) to love (in a social or moral sense); affection or benevolence; specifically a love-feast; (a feast of) charity:

(love meaning an emotion, sentiment, or feeling of pleasurable attraction toward or delight in something, as a principle, a person, or a thing, which induces a desire for the presence, possession, well-being, or promotion of its object; the strong yet tender longing for whatever is considered most worthy of desire in any relation; a strong feeling of affection for or devoted attachment to a person; especially, a feeling of intimate personal sympathy and affection toward an individual of the opposite sex, intimacy; The person); 

(affection meaning to strive after; An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false pretense, as, mankind does not think or expect that God has such a great love and affection for them, in their minds it is un-natural for them to think of God as loving and caring God, who is full of grace, mercy, and love, but rather that he is a God that is ready to judge, destroy, and bring catastrophe in the world and into the lives of men and woman); 

(benevolence meaning the disposition to do good; good will; kindness; charitableness; the love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote its happiness; An act of kindness; good done; charity given; benevolence is considerate kindness, and often overrules mere kindness); 

(charity in a general sense meaning love, benevolence, good-will; that disposition of the heart which inclines men to think favorably of their fellow man, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God, and universal good will to men; In a more practical sense, love, kindness, affection, tenderness, springing from natural relations, as, the charities of father, son, and brother; Liberality to the poor, consisting in alms giving or benedictions, or in gratuitous services to relieve them in distress; Alms; whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the poor for their relief; Liberality in gifts and services to promote public objects of a religious nature, as the founding and supporting of Bible societies, missionary societies, and the like; Candor; ;liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to think and judge favorably, and to put the best construction on words and actions which the case will admit; Any act of kindness of benevolence, as, the charities of life; A charitable institute, especially for the relief of the helpless or unfortunate in mind or body; In law, grants or devises, which include relief of the poor and friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions).

World: (Greek) an orderly arrangement; the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitance, literally or figuratively mankind, people, tribes, nations, with all of their people and citizens of different ethnic backgrounds, cultures, and societies); 

(English) The whole system of created things; the universe; any celestial orb or planetary body, especially considered as peopled and as the scene of interests kindred to those of mankind; the earth and all created things thereon; the globe; That portion of the globe which is known to any one or is contemplated by any one; The earth considered as the scene of man’s present existence or the sphere of human action; the present state of existence; Any state or sphere of existence; any wide scene of life or action; The inhabitance of the earth in general; humanity; mankind; the human race.

gave: (Greek): to give meaning to surrender into the power of another; to convey to another; to bestow; usually implying the action expressed is done freely and without compensation. But the word is used in a great variety of senses, the connection of which with the fundamental meaning is usually obvious; To communicate; as to give an opinion; to give council or advice; To utter; to pronounce; as, to give the word or command; To enable; as , I was given to understand; I was given to know; To addict; often with up; as, he gave himself up to study the Word of God; the past participle being frequent in this sense; as, given to prayer; To pledge; to give you my word of honor; Capacity to give away; quality of yielding; spring; elasticity; some examples of giving is as follows. To give is to surrender yourself, something, some item , or some possession into the hands and or into the trust of another, as we except the Lord Jesus Christ into our lives and are baptized by the Holy Spirit we surrender our hearts and lives into the loving hands Jesus Christ, the Anointed one and into the hands, care, and trust of our heavenly Father where we begin a journey that will ultimately lead us into a close, intimate, and personal relations, friendship, and fellowship with them onto life eternal in the Parish that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has said that He has gone before us and prepared for us, in accordance to the following passage of Scripture and prayer:

Romans 10:8-11 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Dear Lord Jesus,

I now ask you to forgive me of all of my sins and come into my heart as my Lord and Savior.

In Jesus name I pray!

Giving is also an act of faith which is an act of trust, confidence, and loyalty toward the principles and precept of the of the God’s word and direction, such as was found in many parts of the Holy Scriptures as we find when Noah gave of himself , his time, his labor, and of his family to build an arch that would eventually allow him and his family to be brought through a very terrible and trying time that hit the world through God’s judgment during the great flood that destroyed all of mankind and many land creatures except for those that were on the arch that Noah had built onto the place of safety and security after God told him that He was going to judge the earth by water through a flood when there had never been even a drop of rain rained onto the surface of the earth since its creation.

And Abraham gave by faith one tenth of his possessions as a tithe to the priest Melkesidec after he had went and rescued his nephew Lot from the Kings of …where Abraham not only rescued Lot but also seized all Lots captures possessions of gold. Also Moses by faith gave and dedicated his life to the high calling and perfect will of God after forty years of exile from the place he had been raised from infancy into manhood by Pharaoh's daughter was able to go back into Egypt on God’s Word and direction and in the power and presence of the Almighty God Jehovah and set the seed of Abraham free as God had told Abraham four-hundred years earlier. And God the Father Himself as stated in the “Word of God” gave His only beloved and begotten son Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for mankind that through His sacrifice and blood offering could and would redeem us back into a relationship, back into a friendship, and back into fellowship with Himself and with His Son Jesus Christ through the redeeming power of the Holy Spirit that lives and dwells in every Born-Again believer onto eternal life.

Begotten: (Greek) to transform (literally or figuratively metamorphose; change, transfigure, transform; past tense of beget, beget meaning to obtain, to acquire, to get.

Son: The Christ, The Son of God, He who sits at the right hand of his God and our God, his Father and our Father, Almighty God the great Creator of the Heavens and earth, Jesus Christ the Son of God who is continually making interception for us to his God and our God, and His Father and our Father, Jesus the name of our Lord and Savior who sits at the right hand of the Lord God the Sovereign King of the Heavens & Earth!!! The all ruling God who is absolute and sovereign! The Almighty God who is the absolute foundation of authority & power! Almighty God, who is of unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who possesses unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who is all powerful and resistless! The Almighty God who has omnipotent mercy, grace, blessings, power, and love! The Almighty God who thought it not robbery to make Jesus Christ His Son equal with Himself, who has given unto His Son Jesus the Christ, the Anointed One, and to us His redeemed by and through the Blood of Jesus Christ, all power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory and blessing: 

(power meaning force, literally or figuratively; specifically miraculous power; ability, abundance, meaning, mighty deeds; worker of miracles; power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work); 

(riches meaning wealth (as fullness); literally means money, possessions, gold, diamonds, all kinds of precious stones, pearls, lands, nations or figuratively means abundance, riches, tangible possessions, such ships, airplanes, aircraft, etc., specifically means valuable bestowment; imbue, influence, supply); 

(wisdom meaning the knowledge how to regulate one’s relationship with God, wisdom which is related to goodness; When one is wise unto God he is prudent or cautious or circumspect in determining on or adopting an action or line of conduct, practically wise, careful of the consequences of any measures, actions, or business undertaking, with others, and knows how to regulate circumstances; wise applied to true spiritual and heavenly wisdom ); (strength meaning forcefulness literally or figuratively; ability, might, power, strength);

(honor meaning value, money paid, or valuables; esteem (especially, as to the highest degree), or the dignity itself; precious, price, some); 

(glory meaning be accounted; be of good reputation; to think, recognize a person or thing for what it is. Thus glory can mean appearance, reputation, glory. Glory basically refers to the recognition belonging to a person, honor, renown. Romans 3:23 speaks of coming short of or lacking the glory of God, meaning man is not what God intended him to be. He lacks God’s image and character. Glory denotes appearance, form, aspect, that appearance of a person or thing which catches the eye or attracts attention, commanding recognition, looking like something; thus equivalent to splendor, brilliance, glory attracting the gaze which makes it strong; Glory embraces the excellence and perfection of the divine nature. It comprises all that God will appear to be in His final revelation to us. God’s glory made itself manifest in and through Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:3 equates the glory of Jesus to God’s glory, being the revelation of God in the economy of redemption. In this sense, future glory is the hope of Christians. More specifically, glory means not the outward appearance, attracting attention to the person or thing itself, but that glory shown from within reflecting in the appearance which attracts attention, namely splendor, glory, brightness, adornment); 

(blessing meaning to speak well of ; to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon, prosper); fine speaking, elegance of language; commendation; blessing a matter of bounty by the Lord God speaking His good Word over you; To declare as indwelt by God and thereby fully satisfied. Expressing good wishes, blessing, praise, eulogy to God; commendation to man, the blessing, good word, or action of God; consecration, beneficence; blessedness or the action of becoming blessed by God through the Blood and in the name of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, by and through the power of the Holy Spirit that works in and through us mightily)

believeth: (Greek) to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), to give credit to, to entrust (especially to entrust one’s spiritual well-being to Almighty God for salvation by and through His son, Jesus Christ’s redemptive sacrifice on the Cross at Calvary); to believe; to commit to, to trust in, to put in trust with; persuasion , credence, moral conviction of God or a religious truth, or the truthfulness of God’s word or a teacher of the “Word of God”, especially reliance upon Jesus Christ for salvation; constancy in such profession; assurance, belief, to believe, to have faith, fidelity.

should: (Greek) through the idea of expectation; to intend; in the sense of purpose, probability, possibility; 

(Webster's) past tense of shall: 

(shall meaning in the second and third person shall is used (a) to denote control or authority on the part of the speaker, as when a promise, command, or determination is applied, as you shall go, that is, you must go; thou shall not kill, etc. (b). to denote necessity or inevitability in the mind of the speaker; futurity thought inevitable and answered for by the speaker).

not: (Greek) never; (Webster's) a word that expresses negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition, or the reverse, opposite, or lack of the state, action, or condition of the word or phrase it modifies. It sometimes represents a complete clause. In the Bible it is often used in the sense of not living; as, Rachael would not be comforted, for they (her children) were not.

perish: (Greek) to destroy fully reflectively to perish or lose completely); literally or figuratively to be destroyed, to physically and then spiritually die, to lose out on salvation, to mar, to perish through eternal death or eternal separation from the presence of God; 

(Webster's) to go through, to perish or to come to nothing; To die; to lose life or vitality in any manner; to be destroyed; to pass away; to come to nothing; to be ruined; to be lost. 

have: (Greek) to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote, such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition; enjoy; following; recover; rest; return; 

(Webster's) to possess; to hold in possession or power; to possess as a quality, part, appurtenance, relationship, or as a thing contained, controlled, or having any connection; to own; to control; to contain; to compromise; to hold; as, to have strength; to hold in possession by gaining, accepting, receiving, or obtaining in any manner; to possess by acquirement; To possess in such a way as to have a duty, obligation, or necessity toward; to be urged by necessity or obligation; to be under necessity or impelled by duty; to hold in opinion; to regard; to maintain; To possess or gain by causing to be; to procure or make to be; to cause, permit, require, or determine; to cause to go, or to be brought: Have is used as an auxiliary verb to form certain compound tenses, as the perfect and pluperfect or both transitive and intransitive verbs, the past particle of which completes the tense either alone or with some other auxiliary. In such cases the word have no doubt originally had it proper meaning as a transitive verb, and was so used at first only with other transitive verbs, as denoting possession of anything in the condition indicated by the past particle of the latter verb; thus, I have believed and have received the salvation that God provides through the acceptance of Jesus Christ into my heart and life as Lord and Savior, means, literally, I acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior and as I except Him into my life and heart, I possess or have the salvation that comes by and through acceptance of Jesus Christ into my life and heart. The construction was afterward extended to cases in which the possessor of the object and the performer of the action are not necessarily the same. 

everlasting: (Greek) “ever” by qualification regularly, by implication, earnestly; always; perpetual 

(also used of past time, or past and future as well); specifically, (Jewish) the Messianic period (present and future); eternal, forever more, world without end; 

(Webster's) Lasting or enduring forever, eternal, immortal; Perpetual; continuing indefinitely or during the present state of things.

life: (Greek) to live (literally or figuratively); life (literally or figuratively); a lifetime; life referring to the principle of life in the spirit, soul, and body; expressing all of the highest and the best which Christ is and which He gives to those that except Him as Lord and Savior and especially to those that are Born-again Believers: 

(English) that which makes alive, or causes growth and development; the animated or inspiring principle, force, energy, or idea; spirit; vigor; vivacity; animation. Hence, a person or thing regarded as the source of vigor, animation, spirit, or enjoyment; as, the blood is the life; the attainment or experience of enjoyment in the full and free use of the powers; also, eternal existence; eternal happiness in heaven; The duration of existence; the period within which anything has efficient force; the living form; the real state or character. 

                                                           Commentary

As we have read John 3:16 it says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”, as Christians, we see in this most powerful Scripture that God had in His heart to redeem mankind back to Himself after the fall, and He did this great work by and through the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. Also as we read in this Scripture, we read about the awesome works of God, what God did for mankind, and why He did what He did, as He provided a means for mankind to be redeemed back to Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Lord, the Son of the Most High God. God, the Supreme God, the Sovereign King of the Heavens & Earth! The all ruling God who is absolute and sovereign! 

The Almighty God, who is the absolute foundation of all authority & power! Almighty God, who is of unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who possesses unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who is all powerful and resistless! The Almighty God who has omnipotent mercy, grace, blessings, power, and love! Had to find a means to redeem mankind back to Himself, through this redemption of mankind back to Himself, He needed to find something in all of His infinite creation something that was of the same value as mankind, and the only thing that God could find that was of the same value of mankind to Himself, was the blood of His Son, Jesus, since the love that God had for mankind was equal to that of His creation mankind.

In this Scripture we can also see the heart of God, the love of God, and just how merciful and loving God is toward mankind. Through this verse we can see that God had desired and still desires to reinstate the relationship that He had originally had with Adam, He wanted with mankind. 

As the Scripture reflects in the first chapter of Genesis how God had walked in the cool of the evening with Adam, as we reflect on this time that God had spent with Adam, we can plainly see that God, the Great and Mighty God of heaven and earth had a very close and personal relationship with Adam, the relationship that He desires to have with mankind by and through His Son, Jesus Christ and with us who believe, receive, and except His plan of redemption through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. In this Scripture the word “gave” in the Greek means to give, meaning to surrender into the power of another; to convey to another; to bestow; usually implying the action expressed is done freely and without compensation.

Where God “gave” His Son into the hands of sinful man that they may crucify Him on the cross, this was the ultimate sacrifice that God gave for mankind’s redemption, although this sacrifice on the earth was the embodiment of Jesus work on earth, Jesus work was not complete until after He was resurrected and He walked into the heavens after He had met Mary Magdalene by His tomb prior to His decent into heaven before the throne of God, that mankind’s redemption was complete…Praise His holy name…!!! 

After His resurrection, as Jesus ascended into heaven, He paved the way for mankind to be redeemed back to His Father, and our Father, to His God, and our God, where we now, through Jesus Christ we are able to enter into a full and complete relationship with our Heavenly Father, who is now our Mighty and Awesome and most Powerful and Almighty God…!!! 

This is why now when any person of any nation, tongue, or decent calls on the name of Jesus they will be redeemed back to our Heavenly Father and God, and when any person rejects such an awesome gift they are destined to be completely separated from our Heavenly Father and God for all eternity in the place call hell and Hades, that was originally made for Satan and the angels who rose up against God as found in Isaiah chapter 14:12-20 in the Old Testament.

But this great salvation and act of redemption was not just that we have a place reserved for us in heaven but God’s salvation through Jesus Christ was for the purposes that we may enter into that eternal relationship with Him on earth as it is in heaven, by and through the Holy Spirit, who Jesus called the Comforter, the Holy Spirit of Promise.

Where we as Believer’s and receivers of God’s act of grace, mercy, and love are able to enter into and have His presence with us always in this world, and we are able to claim the exceeding great and precious promises, these exceeding great and precious promises being that we are able to be partakers of His Divine Nature, as stated in 2 Peter Chapter 1 verses 3 through 8.

Therefore, as we hear, receive, and obey (yield) to the “Word of God” by and through the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is building in us and working through us the divine nature, the divine nature of God, and of His Son, Jesus Christ. So when that great trumpet is blown, we will be assured to meet Jesus in the air, as the Scripture says. Or if we give up the ghost and lay our physical bodies down before the time to meet Jesus in the air, we will boldly walk into the presence of our Heavenly Father and our God boldly, since He will recognize in us, His divine nature and who not who we were before we excepted Jesus into our hearts and lives, but He will recognize us by and through, His nature, Jesus nature, His promise, His gift,… the divine nature which is the exceeding great and precious promise to us, His Son’s and Daughter’s….Amen and Amen…!!!

Author:

NA TO AH WA Pii  (Holy Speaker)