Introduction: Do you know the greatest LOVE Story ever told? John writes this familiar passage in John 3:16:

1. First, consider what is the GREATEST LOVE ever shown!

“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.” (John 3:16)

2. Second, consider what is the GREATEST GIFT ever given!
(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.” 

3. Third, consider what is the GREATEST GIFT ever received!

“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.” (John 3:16)

4. Fourth, consider what is the GREATEST LOVE ever shown!

“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.” (John 3:16)

Jesus was willing to take my Place, My Sin, My hell, My Punishment; and He being the only one who was perfect and without sin, could thus pay the total DEBT I owed because of the penalty of my sin.

When we exchange our SIN DEBT for His SUBSTITUTIONARY death on the cross, God accepts that as a FULL PAYMENT! Jesus Christ’s redeeming blood SATISFIES the HOLY DEMANDS of a JUST and RIGHTEOUS God. Therefore, we get to go FREE from eternal death and separation from God in the lake of fire.