John 3:14-18 "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” John 3:14-16 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Numbers 21:5–9 ...they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. Numbers 21:5 ...they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” Unbelief is the major sin, the mother sin, the father sin, the sin out of which all other sins grow, and it is the one sin that will damn you and send you to hell. John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. John 16:8-9 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me… Hebrews 3:12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 1 John 5:10 Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ...they spoke against God and against Moses… Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets. Numbers 21:6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. Then the Lord sent venomous snakes Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Proverbs 15:13 ...the way of the unfaithful is hard. “and many Israelites died.” Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death… James 1:15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death. Numbers 21:7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. Romans 3:23 ...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Numbers 21:7-9 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. John 3:14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up… 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us… Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him (on Jesus) the iniquity of us all. Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Numbers 21:8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” Acts 16:31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved… Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– not by works, so that no one can boast. Romans 4:5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith… Blessed redeemer! Precious redeemer! Seems now I see Him, on Calvary’s tree; Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading, Blind and unheeding—dying for me. Avis M. Christiansen Friends all around me are trying to find What the heart yearns for, by sin undermined; I have the secret, I know where ’tis found: Only true pleasures in Jesus abound. Harry D. Loes