John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. "
Nowadays, the inscription John 3:16 sometimes decorates athlete’s eye black strips or bedecks signs held up by exuberant people on street corners. But what is so significant about this Bible verse that we see publicly displayed by many in our society?
In the few sentences of the verse, the writer summed up God’s loving plan for every person in every community and isolated spot on our planet. That passage declares God’s amazing promise of a whole and lasting life.” It declares that a life does not end in ruins when the physical body dies.
In the few sentences of the verse, the writer summed up God’s loving plan for every person in every community and isolated spot on our planet. That passage declares God’s amazing promise of a whole and lasting life.” It declares that a life does not end in ruins when the physical body dies.
Because of God’s faithful love, he offered his only Son, Jesus, to come to earth to rescue people of every ethnicity and offer them a freeing life with a future reservation in heaven. Gratefully, God doesn’t point a finger at our mistakes and misdeeds. He doesn’t scold us for our bad. And he never forces faith on anyone.
Instead, God extends help and a choice. Choose to accept his gift of eternal life or choose to pass on it. Jesus came not to make individual lives right again.
Instead, God extends help and a choice. Choose to accept his gift of eternal life or choose to pass on it. Jesus came not to make individual lives right again.
“That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10.
What Tim Tebow is doing is acknowledging his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ before millions of people watching the game. [45 million watched his last game].
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.” Matthew 10:32
Tebow praying before the game began
Tebow praying before the game beganTim Tebow - John 3:16
Tebow was born in Makati City in the Philippines, to American parents who were serving as Christian missionaries at the time. His mother, Pamela Elaine, is the daughter of a U.S. Army colonel, and his father, Robert Ramsey Tebow II, is a pastor. While pregnant, his mother suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba. Because of the drugs used to rouse her from a coma and to treat her dysentery, the fetus experienced a severe placental abruption. Doctors had expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion to protect her life, although abortions are illegal in the Philippines, but she decided not to have one. To read more Click here.
Tebow decorates eye black stips with John 3:16
