The 3:16 Verse Critiques

“Jesus Christ is 3:16″

(Verse description)

A. 2 Tim 3:16

Inspiration of God:

This means all the writings in the bible were communicated to those who

wrote them by a divine person, that being God, and not man.

Profitable for Doctrine:

This means that the bible is of use or value for teaching proper principles

or beliefs for all mankind to follow and live by.

Reproof:

This means the word of God is a way of strongly suggesting that our

actions and our lives which do not match bible rules are wrong.

For correction:

This means we are to use God’s word as a rule or to determine how we

should live our lives. Also when we are unsure of what we should do

in situations in our everyday lives, then we should use God’s word to

correct our incorrect ways. It also means that our spiritual leader,

i.e. Minister, Pastor, Major, should use God’s word to teach and correct

our incorrect ways of doing things.

B. John 3:16

Verse description:

This profound verse means simply, that God who created all things,

and created us in his image and owns our very beings, and every

cell in our body, loves us very much. How much? He loved us so

much that he sent himself in the flesh, to take on a human body, to

preach to the world, to overcome death and the grave, to prove he

was “God in the Flesh”, and to forgive sins. His promise was clear and

if we would believe all these things and believe his son, Jesus Christ, was

“God in the Flesh”, the promised Messiah, then we would receive life

everlasting, and a place in Heaven. If not, then eternal separation from

him, in a place prepared for Satan, (the devil), and his fallen angels, hell,

is our only future.

C. 1 Tim 3:16

Without Controversy:

This means without any argument or disagreement.

The Mystery of Godliness:

A mystery is the explanation of something that has never been known up

to the point that the solution or explanation or knowledge is revealed or

now known.

God was manifest in the flesh:

This means God in Heaven took on a human body on this earth,

of flesh, with breath and heartbeat, and blood, and that blood was not

human but was divine in nature.

Justified in the Spirit:

Christ was put to death, without cause, being accused of being a sinner

and a wrong doer. Because he was brought back to life by the spirit of God,

and by being returned to the living, he was justified or cleared of the false

charges brought against him, the reason he was put to death in the first

place.

Seen of Angels:

Christ was the “Lord of Angels” and they ministered to him, and was seen

by them. The bible talks of Angels (messengers) many times and we

are protected by them as per the scriptures. Psalm 91:11 (King James

Version) 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee

in all thy ways.

Preached unto the Gentiles:

Jesus Christ was sent to take on the sins of the entire mankind, and although

he preached unto both the Jews and the Gentiles (non Jews), only the Gentiles

accepted him and his gospel (God’s word). By coming to we non-Jews,

the Jews gave us salvation for if he had not come to us, no non-Jew could

ever have eternal life. Up to the coming of Christ, only the Jews were God’s

chosen people. By accepting Christ, the Gentiles were “grafted into the true

vine”. The true vine, as like a grape vine, was Jesus Christ and we Gentiles

were now included in the sharing of the gift of salvation (eternal life).

Received up into Glory:

This is self explanatory. The very last time that Christ was seen was

when he departed this earth to return to his Father’s right hand, in Heaven,

to be given all power and authority in there and on Earth.

Acts 1:8-10 (King James Version)

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:

and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all

Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,

he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,

behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

Luke 24:51 (King James Version)

51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted

from them, and carried up into heaven.

Matthew 28:18 (King James Version)

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given

unto me in heaven and in earth.

Acts 2:33 (King James Version)

33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received

of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this,

which ye now see and hear.

Hebrews 12:2 (King James Version)

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that

was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set

down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Several other verses related to Christ’s return to Glory:

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Philippians 2:8-9 (King James Version)

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became

obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.9 Wherefore God also

hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

17:5 (King James Version)

5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory

which I had with thee before the world was.

John 1:1-3 (King James Version)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word

was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were

made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Ephesians 3:9 (King James Version)

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from

the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by

Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 1:1-3 (King James Version)

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto

the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath

appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,

and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself

purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: