God Love Di World Well Well

Somebody knock door after dark. One man wey wear di fine robe of religious leader look back over im shoulder, then e quietly enter. E no want make anybody see am. But e must ask.

Na Passover time for Jerusalem, and Jesus don cause stir. E don drive di traders and di money changers comot from di temple courts, and e don do signs wey make people dey talk. Nicodemus na Pharisee, person wey dey study di law of God well, and e be member of di ruling council. E don see reach to know say something dey about Jesus. So e come for night, maybe so dat people no go notice am, maybe just to talk without crowd. Rabbi, e talk, we know say you be teacher wey come from God. Nobody fit do dis signs unless God dey with am.

Jesus answer am for way wey Nicodemus no expect. Unless dem born person again, born from above, e no fit see di kingdom of God. Di matter confuse Nicodemus. How grown man go take born second time? Jesus explain say e mean new birth by di Spirit of God, like di wind wey dey blow anywhere wey e want; you dey hear im sound, but you no fit see where e come from. Then Jesus remind Nicodemus one story from di wilderness, when Moses lift up one bronze serpent for pole, and everybody wey look am live. Na so too, Jesus talk, dem must lift up di Son of Man, so dat anybody wey believe am go get life wey no dey end.

And then di words wey millions of people know for heart come. God love di world so tey e give im only Son, so dat anybody wey believe am no go perish, but e go get life wey no dey end. See wetin love do here. E give. No be small gift, but God only Son. And see who e be for. Di world. No be only good people, no be only one nation, but di whole world. And anybody wey believe, anybody at all, dey welcome. Na why dem born di Son for Bethlehem. Because God love, and so God give.

God no send im Son enter di world to condemn di world, di passage continue, but so dat di world fit get salvation through am. Then one picture wey Nicodemus, wey sit down for darkness, go understand. Di light don enter di world. Some people love darkness pass, because dem no want make people see wetin dem dey do. But anybody wey dey do wetin be true dey come to di light. Nicodemus don come meet Jesus for darkness. E go step enter di light? John Gospel tell us say later, e do am. When Jesus die, na Nicodemus bring spices to honour im body.

Di bronze serpent wey Jesus mention come from di book of Numbers. When Israel dey travel for di wilderness, snakes wey get poison bite di people. God tell Moses make e make serpent with bronze and put am for top pole. Anybody wey snake don bite, wey look am, go live. Jesus use dat story wey everybody sabi to explain wetin e come do.

God Love Di World Well Well. You go find am for John chapter three, verse sixteen to twenty-one. Na di reason for Christmas be dis, for one sentence: God love, and God give. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. If God love dey for di whole world, how e go be to step comot from darkness enter im light?