Men loved darkness

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. - John 3.17-19

These are dark, dark days. I think we all know that. I don’t think there can be any question about that. The whole world is lost in the darkness of sin. And the sad thing is that the world doesn’t really seem to care.

Despite that God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. He came to make sure that the there was a way out of condemnation. Condemnation is for those who will not believe.

And then there is the reason for condemnation – the light came into the world. But men loved darkness more than they loved light. Why? Because their deeds are evil.

What amazes me here is that God sent His Son into a world that still loved darkness. They love their evil deeds more than they love the Light.

Into a world that deserved condemnation God sent the Light of salvation instead. God loved a world that loved their sin more than Him.

What a God. What a Saviour. What a love.