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Speaker 1: You're listening to daily devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stangey,

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Speaker 1: and today's devotion is inspired by John chapter three, verse seventeen,

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Speaker 1: which says, for God did not send his son into

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Speaker 1: the world to condemn the world, but in order that

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Speaker 1: the world might be saved through him. Many people remain

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Speaker 1: confused or sometimes blind to the purpose for which Jesus

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Speaker 1: came into this world. It's even possible for Christians to

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Speaker 1: at times forget the goal of Christ's mission. Why was

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Speaker 1: Jesus sent to us? Scripture reveals that answer to us

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Speaker 1: in multiple ways. It tells us what Jesus didn't come

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Speaker 1: to do, and it also tells us what he was

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Speaker 1: seeking to accomplish. Jesus wasn't sent into this world to

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Speaker 1: condemn us. His goal was redemptive in nature. He looked

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Speaker 1: at us with compassion and could see that we already

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Speaker 1: stood condemned in the courtroom of God. So Jesus took

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Speaker 1: our condemnation upon himself at the cross. He died in

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Speaker 1: our place, then defeated the power and sting of death

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Speaker 1: when he rose from the grave. Jesus came to this

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Speaker 1: world so that we would be saved through him. The

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Speaker 1: wrath of God was placed upon him, so that through

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Speaker 1: faith in Christ, we would no longer be objects of

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Speaker 1: wrath but recipients of mercy. Likewise, as Christians, the heart

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Speaker 1: of the message we preach isn't one of condemnation but redemption.

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Speaker 1: Everyone who trusts in Jesus Christ will be saved. Let's pray.

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Speaker 1: We thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege that it is to be able to

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Speaker 1: read it together today and to think about the heart

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Speaker 1: of what you were communicating to us in this passage. Father,

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Speaker 1: you tell us that you sent your son into the

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Speaker 1: world not to condemn the world, but in order that

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Speaker 1: the world might be saved through Jesus. And Father, we're

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Speaker 1: grateful that you offer us the gift of salvation through

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Speaker 1: your son. We know that we stood condemned before you,

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Speaker 1: but your son came to this earth to take our

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Speaker 1: condemnation upon himself. Lord, we don't deserve that blessing. We

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Speaker 1: don't deserve that gift. We know that you have been

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Speaker 1: abundantly good to us, and so often we don't fully

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Speaker 1: appreciate what you've done on our behalf. The idea of

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Speaker 1: giving your son as a redemptive sacrifice on our behalf

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Speaker 1: is very hard for us to wrap our minds around,

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Speaker 1: because it's not the type of thing that any one

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Speaker 1: of us could easily do for somebody else, And yet

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Speaker 1: you chose to do that for us, your son in

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Speaker 1: we earn our penalty so that we could be rescued

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Speaker 1: and redeemed. Father, we're grateful for this blessing, and we're

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Speaker 1: grateful that as we look at this portion of Scripture

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Speaker 1: today that we can be reminded of this truth in

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Speaker 1: a fresh way. Father. We pray that as we preach

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Speaker 1: the gospel, and as we model the gospel, and as

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Speaker 1: we communicate the gospel with our brothers and sisters in Christ,

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Speaker 1: and with those who as of yet don't know your son,

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, that we would remember the heart of what

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Speaker 1: you've communicated to us in this passage again, that you

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Speaker 1: did not send your son into the world to condemn

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Speaker 1: the world, but to save the world. So thank you,

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Speaker 1: Father for what you've done on our behalf. And we

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Speaker 1: pray that we would delight in this truth today and always,

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Speaker 1: and we Pray this all in Jesus's name. Amen,