John 3:16-21 “The Wicked Agreement”

John 3:16-21 “The Wicked Agreement”

Have you wondered why the world is so messed up? Why people reject the love of Jesus and keep on sinning. The first part of this passage is one of the most famous in all scripture. The second part of our scripture tells us the truth about our world and gives us understanding into the work of the church and each of us as individual believers.

1. The wicked agreement
A. The World as God sees it
B. You provide cheep cotton and we overlook slavery
C. I overlook your pollution company and You give me a job
D. You sell me Jean for $20. I over look child labor and labor conditions in China
E. You overlook my drinking and I overlook adultery
F. John 3:19
G. TV repair and the 500 watt light
H. the offensiveness of light

2. The Light and the Cure
A. Gods’ plan John 3:16&17
B. John 3:21
C. Matthew 5:14 – 16

3. What should we do
A. Hold out the light
B. Show people there is another way to live
C. Albert, Mario, Rosy
D. Phil 2:15&16
E. The Olympic flame

Do you really see the world as God sees it? A world of darkness? It is up to you to hold up your light. It is up to us as a church to hold up our light. People will through up their hands and say turn that out. Keep it shining and soon their eyes will start to adjust and ever so slowly their vision comes to them and they will see a new way a different way to live, because your light has shown them the way.