John 3:16-18

Trinity Sunday, Year A.

Questions

1) What strikes you about the text?

2) Are "God loving the whole world" and "Believe to be saved" in contradiction with each other? Why or why not?

3) What does it mean to believe in God, or to trust in God? Is one more important to you than the other?

4) Do you read this text differently if you replace "condemn" with "judge". Does it matter which was intended?

5) Do you think the judgement in verse 18 refers to God? If so, what does this judgement look like? If not, from who or from where does it come?