Pastor Welton Watson, Central Baptist Church Today’s article is a simple outline of John 3:16. This is what I call a “Nut Shell” verse. It contains all the gospel in a nut shell.
1. For God
a. The Provider of Salvation
b. Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb…
2. So Loved
a. The Product of Salvation
b. John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life…
c. Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. The World
a. The Place of Salvation
b. Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach…
4. That He Gave
a. The Proof of Salvation
b. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth His love toward us in that….
c. John 3:17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world…
5. His Only Begotten Son
a. The Provision of Salvation
b. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name…
c. John 1:4 In Him was life and the life was the light of men.
d. John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the father…
6. That Whosoever
a. The Persons of Salvation
b. Romans 10:13 That whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord….
7. Believeth in Him
a. The Particular of Salvation
b. Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and….
8. Should Not Perish
a. The Promise of Salvation
b. Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
9. But Have Everlasting Life
a. The Permanence of Salvation
b. Psalms 23:6 And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.