A SHORT SERMON FROM A FAMILIAR TEXT
“God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 We learned this text so long ago, some of us in childhood, and have heard it so often, that we are now apt to read or hear it without noticing its breadth and depth. “God so loved.” Is this true? Orthodoxy says it was Jesus that so loved the world. The Father did not…