John 3:14-19
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
If the whole Bible could be reduced to a few verses, this would be it. This is God on display. This is God’s way of redeeming the whole world. Woe to us if we spurn such great love! Woe to us if we refuse to believe, loving darkness rather than light.
