John 12:46–50

Whoever believes in Jesus will not perish but will have everlasting life with Him in His Kingdom. Why? Because God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten Son to die in our place.

John 3:17 | For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

When Holy Spirit calls…listen!

When we truly and fully understand the message of the gospel, obedience should automatically flow out of our gratitude for Christ's sacrifice on our behalf. A heart of gratitude leads to love in action.

As we apply God's truths to all that we think, say and do, we reflect God's righteousness to the Church and to the world in a way that draws the lost and the discouraged (and even the indifferent) to the hope of the gospel. First5 

Broken or no, God invites us to be our true selves—joyous, aware and living each moment with arms wide open, responding to the love of the Beloved, a reflection of the very love of God that is within us. Sabbath Moments 

John 12:46–50

46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.” The New King James Version

A believer in Jesus chooses to follow Jesus’ will. The intellectual decision begins a relationship with Jesus, but entering into a relationship with Him through that initial belief is only the beginning of the faith journey. 

Jesus desires to save. Receiving that salvation involves believing in Him. 

God the Father is already the judge; Jesus does not need to be. Although God the Father is the judge, Jesus’ message is the same as that of God the Father His words against those who choose not to enter into a relationship with Him are true and will be true on the day of judgment. The commandment Jesus requires His disciples to keep is to believe in His ability to grant eternal life. Faithlife Study Bible

Jesus insisted that anyone who believed in Him was at the same time exercising belief in God the Father. Jesus explained that He was the personal manifestation of God. 

I do not judge may be rephrased as “I do not execute judgment.” Christ will judge, but at His first coming He did not come to judge but to save. The NKJV Study Bible

Our Lord publicly proclaimed, that every one who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent him. Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father, we learn to obey, love, and trust in him. By daily looking to Him, who came a Light into the world, we are more and more freed from the darkness of ignorance, error, sin, and misery; we learn that the command of God our Saviour is everlasting life. But the same word will seal the condemnation of all who despise it, or neglect it. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

Luke 10:16 He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

John 5:19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.