God's Greatest Gift, Part 3

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 9:15 John 3:16 is the most familiar verse in the Bible. Many of us can recite it from memory. For millions of people, its powerful truth marked the beginning of their journey with Christ. Listen as Pastor Chuck Swindoll recounts how this verse spoke to him as a child. God loves the world—He loves you! His love is for everyone, and His call to believe in Jesus is open to all. Accept God’s invitation to believe in His Son and receive His promise of eternal life.

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0:00.0	During a busy week preparing for Christmas, we commend you for pausing to reflect on the one who left his throne in heaven to become God in flesh, an innocent baby born in a major.
0:27.6	Today, on Insight for Living, Juxwindal unpacks the most memorized verse in Scripture, John 316, citing profound truths that are hidden in familiar words.
0:31.6	Through a nighttime conversation with Nicodemus and an ancient wilderness rescue,
0:36.6	we'll discover why salvation in Christ isn't about working harder
0:40.3	or becoming a better person.
0:42.3	It's about belief.
0:44.3	Chuck titled today's message, God's greatest gift.
0:51.3	God made up his mind to love the world. He didn't look for the brightest and the best.
1:03.4	He didn't look for those that were appealing and physically attractive. He set his heart on loving the world,
1:12.7	not those that simply had a high IQ
1:15.4	or those with an enviable pedigree.
1:19.1	He loved the world.
1:22.3	Now look, see the word of comparison
1:25.1	as verse 14 begins.
1:34.0	As, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness.
1:35.4	Here's the match to the word as, even so.
1:39.2	Even so must the son of man be lifted up.
1:44.0	What's that a picture of? Well, the cross.
1:47.8	Even so must the son of man be lifted up on the cross to pay the penalty for the sins of the
1:53.5	world. Nicodemus never, never connected the two. He's not convinced Jesus is Messiah.
2:03.0	He just knows he does God kind of work because he's able to do supernatural miracles. But he's come to Jesus to find out what this
2:08.4	born-again stuff is all about. Jesus says to him, in effect, I'm glad you ask. Let me go back to
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