John Bradshaw - God Gets a Lot of Bad Press
God gets a lot of bad press. If you ask people to describe God, many would speak of harshness and condemnation. Some people in the church feel that way. So let's look at the verse after the most well-known verse in the Bible, this is John 3:17.
"For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved".
That's the heart of God. He didn't send Jesus into the world on a condemnation mission. There's been so much focus historically on hellfire, and lies have been told, and myths have been popularized to the extent that God is seen to be as bad as the devil in many minds. But why did Jesus come to the world? Not to condemn, but to save. Don't believe that you are condemned by God. If you can invite Jesus into your heart, believe instead that you are saved. I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written.