The document is a sermon focused on God's love and the gift of salvation through belief in Jesus Christ. It discusses how God showed his love by sending his son to die for humanity's sins. It encourages readers to acknowledge, appreciate, accept, and anticipate God's gift of eternal life and calls them to have faith in Jesus in order to receive this gift.

1. 2 nd – 16 th March 2008 AMAZING LOVE 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.

2. 2 nd – 16 th March 2008 Acknowledge God’s Amazing Love 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 1 John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love : not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 3: 1a How great is the love the Father has lavished on us , that we should be called children of God! Ephesians 3: 17b-19 And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ , and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

3. 2 nd – 16 th March 2008 2. Appreciate God’s Amazing Gift 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 Luke 22: 70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am ." John 19:6b-7 But Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him." The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God ." Romans 5:6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly . Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death , but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

4. 2 nd – 16 th March 2008 2. Appreciate God’s Amazing Gift 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 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us , so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— Luke 10:20 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

5. 2 nd – 16 th March 2008 3. Accept God’s Amazing Offer 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 Titus 2 :11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men . Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all . Romans 3:22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe . There is no difference, 2 Corinthians 6:2 For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation .

6. 2 nd – 16 th March 2008 4. Anticipate God’s Amazing Promise 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 1 Peter 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish , spoil or fade— kept in heaven for you , Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good ; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him .