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God So Loved the World
John 3:14-21
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This song belongs to the John collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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About the passage
John 3: Birth from above and the witness who steps aside
Nicodemus enters with status, learning, and a conclusion based on signs, but Jesus speaks of a birth no pedigree can produce. The conversation moves from flesh and Spirit to heavenly testimony, then to the lifted Son of man and the life received through belief. God’s love is directed toward the world, while the coming of light also exposes what people prefer to keep hidden. The second half of the chapter turns to John the Baptist, whose disciples worry about Jesus drawing the larger following. John refuses the rivalry. His joy is fulfilled when attention moves toward the one he was sent to announce: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” The Book of John closes the chapter by making origin decisive. The Son comes from above, carries the Father’s testimony, and holds everlasting life in relation to himself.
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