The Gospel Project® for Adults

POINT 2 THE SON CAME SO THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE (JOHN 3:9-16).

9 “How can these things be?” asked Nicodemus.
10 “Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?”
Jesus replied. 11 “Truly I tell you, we speak what we know
and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not
accept our testimony. 12 If I have told you about

earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you
believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who
descended from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses
lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man
must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him
may have eternal life. 16 For God loved the world in this way:
He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes
in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Explain:

Verses 9-15 (the bold words fill in blanks

Jesus used an Old Testament story to teach that all those who
look to Him in faith will be saved from their sins and given
eternal life.

Explain:

Verse 16 (the bold words fill in blanks in the DDG):

God’s love is seen in that He did not leave the world in its sin
but sent His only Son so that all who believe in Him would
not perish but live eternally.

Discuss:

• What is the present reality and future expectation for one
  who doesn’t believe in Jesus? (
• separation from God in this life and the next;
• likely a lack of purpose;
• a sense of hopelessness for meaning;
• dead in sins;
• God’s judgment for sin leading to eternity in hell)

Transition:

Continuing on in Jesus’s teaching to Nicodemus, we see
a fuller gospel message, one that includes both God’s love
and His holiness. Only through Jesus can one be saved. Apart
from Him, no one can.