When Jesus came into the world, he did not come to neutral people who in response to him, some would become pro-Jesus and some would become anti-Jesus.

He didn't come to a neutral world. There are no neutral people. Nobody is

neutral toward Jesus. He came to a world already condemned. What if rejecting Jesus isn't mainly about confusion or lack of evidence, but something deeper going on inside of us?

That's where this message goes.

I'm your host, Dan Kruver.

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper explores John chapter 3 verses 16 to 21

to show that the light has come into the world and it exposes what we most love. This sermon

was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on May 17, 2009.

Father, I pray now, I pray that your Word would have divine power to destroy strongholds in people's hearts and minds of loving darkness

and hating light.

Come do your mighty work.

This is your word. and your word is powerful.

Help me to be faithful to it.

In Jesus' name, I pray, amen.

Our focus in this message is on verses 19 to 21 of John 3, Gospel of John chapter 3.

I'll tell you the main point up front.

There is a kind of judgment that came into the world when the son of God Jesus Christ

came into the world and this judgment reveals that the guilt of not coming to Jesus

lies in the heart of man and the grace of coming to Jesus comes

from the heart of God.

That's the main point of this text.

Or to put it another way, the coming of Jesus into the world clarifies that unbelief is our fault,

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