1. God
1) How many gods are there in this world?
2) What are the characters of our God?
(1) 1 John 4:8 (2) Leviticus 11:44 (3) Psalm 11:7
3) Do you think God loves sinners? Why do you think so? (Romans 5:8)
2. So loved
1) How much are you willing to sacrifice yourself for your loving person?
2) Can you guarantee that your love for someone will never change until the end?
3) If your loving person has betrayed you, would you still love that person?
4) In what degree does God love people in the world?
(1) Romans 8:32 (2) (3) Deuteronomy 7:9
3. The world
1) How many kinds of world can you think about?
(1) (2) John 3:16 (3) John 15:19 (4)
2) Do you have a person whom you love right now?
3) Can you love two persons at the same time to the same degree as you would if you only love one person?
4) Who can love 6 billion souls at the same time to the same degree as he/she would if he/she only loves one person?
4. Gave
1) Is love to give or to receive? (Acts 20:22)
2) What was the most expensive gift you have ever given to your loving person?
3) Is the size of the sacrificial gift parallel to love?
4) How much valuable gift did God prepare for you?
5. His one and only Son
1) What does it mean that God gave Jesus as a gift to you?
2) Why does the scripture describe Jesus as God’s one and only Son instead of just simply as Jesus?
6. Whoever believed in Him
1) If you give an expensive gift to the person you love, what kind of response would you like to hear from him/her?
2) Why did the God of unconditional love lay down a condition for the receivers of God’s gift, Jesus?
3) What kinds of meaning are contained in the words ‘believes in Him’? (1) (2)
7. Shall not perish
1) Do people in the world know how their lives will end?
2) Is there any other option for the world other than going to perish or having the eternal life through Jesus?
3) If you know only destruction is waiting for you at the end of your life, what would you do?
8. But have eternal life
1) What does it mean ‘to have eternal life’?
2) What is within the gift package, eternal life?
Life application:
1. Can you memorize John 3:16?
2. Would you replace the word ‘the world’ with ‘me’ and ‘whoever’ with ‘I who’ and recite the same verse again?
3. How can you tell that you are growing in Jesus?
Prayer:
Thank you Heavenly Father! You loved a sinner like me. Even though I was worthless and destined to be caste into hell’s fire, you gave me Jesus, your one and only Son to save me and to give me eternal life. How can I repay Your grace? As I have received God’s life, fill me with the love of Christ so that I may share His love in me with others. Help me to grow in the knowledge of the love of Christ everyday. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!