For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
John 3:17 AMPC
Are you feeling condemned(not fit for use), not good enough or rejected or unworthy?
Then I have GOOD NEWS for YOU! In John 3:17 it says the reason that God sent His Son Jesus into the world, was not to reject or to condemn the world. The opposite of the word reject, is to accept, so God sent His Son Jesus into the world in order to show us that we are accepted by Him. God almighty ACCEPTS You, Forever!
The other part of John 3:17 shows us that God sent His son Jesus for us to be made safe. To be made safe means, safety in terms of physical protection but also for your heart to feel safe, and be at peace. God sent His son because He wants our hearts to feel safe and protected. If you are living under condemnation (thinking you are unfit for use), either because of something you did or that happened to you, your heart will be expecting some kind of punishment and judgment that you are not good enough and that you deserve this. But that is not the truth about you. See what God says about you. To judge, means to make a decision. So God, when He sent His son into the world, it's to show us, He made a decision and accepted us, because of His great love for us.
Sometimes because of things that we do wrong or bad things that happen to us we condemn ourselves or we feel our heart condemning us and then we feel unworthy and not accepted. BUT GOD knew that, and He shows us that no matter if your heart, you or anyone else condemns you, He(God) never condemns you, ever! Let the verse below encourage you in this truth:
By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him
1 John 3:19 AMP
Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God's hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].
1 John 3:20 AMPC
We can see that in these verses because of what Jesus has done for us on the cross, that we can assure our hearts and quiet our conscience with The Truth that GOD is GREATER than our hearts and we are always accepted and good enough for Him, even when our own hearts condemns us, He is NEVER condemning us and He will never condemn us and therefore our heart can feel and be safe with God.
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