The Cross - Dueling "Johns"

“The Dissection of Two Johns

 

Vertical: John 3:16-21 For God do loved the world that he have his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned.  But whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed, but whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.

Horizontal: I John 3:16-18 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can we the love of God be in him?

*Thompson Chain-Reference Bible (International Version), 1990, B. B. Kirkbridle Bible Co. Inc.