The Bible is the greatest book in the world; it is the heart of God. The Book of John is the heart of the Bible, and Johns 3:16 is the heart of the Book of John. John 3:16 is the best known and most quoted verse in the Bible. No doubt all of us are familiar with this verse. Our scripture is not only familiar, but it is both simple and profound. It is simple enough for a child to understand, yet so profound that scholars cannot reach its depth.

John 3:16 is a divine love story. All of us are familiar with love stories. There is the love story of “Romeo and Juliet.” There is the love story of “Gone with the Wind,” and the love story of “My Fair Lady” and many others. Perhaps you have or will have your own love story. So, no doubt all of us can identify with love stories. Our Scripture today is not about just any love story, but it is about a divine love story, the greatest love story. John 3:16 is the greatest love story!

The Scripture begins with the phrase “For God”. When you think of God, what do you think about or what thoughts come to your mind? When I think about God, I think of Him as being the greatest Being. There is no Being greater than God. God is omniscient, He is all knowing. God is omnipresent, He is everywhere present. God is omnipotent, He is all powerful. God has no beginning and He has no end. He has no starting point and He has no ending point. He is the uncaused cause, the first cause, the Creator of everything. The Bible declares that, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1).” The Bible declares that, “The earth is the Lord’s, and fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein (Psalm 24:1).” When I think about God, I think of Him as being the greatest Being, the greatest Creator and the greatest Sustainer. When I think about God, I think of Him as being the greatest Healer.   There is no pain, there is no situation, and there is neither sorrow nor sickness that my God cannot heal. When I think about God, I think of Him as being the greatest Miracle Worker. He works miracles, signs, and wonders to perform. There is no habit that God cannot break. There is no problem that God cannot solve. There is no rough road that God cannot smooth. There is no mountain that God cannot move. There is no miracle that God cannot perform. When I think of God, I think of Him as being many things, but in our scripture, the emphasis is on God being the greatest Lover. The greatest Being, the greatest Creator and Sustainer, the greatest Healer, the greatest Miracle Worker is the greatest Lover. John wrote, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love (1 John 4:8).” Love is one of the many attributes of God. This is the greatest love story, and God is the greatest Lover!