Prayer Prompt before reading JN 3:31-36: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE” JN 3:31-36
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus in the middle of the night telling him who He is. Nicodemus is a high ranking Jew and one who actually believes Jesus could be the Messiah the Jews have been waiting for. Jesus continues to teach us that He is God and the Father has given Him everything. He also says very strong words about the afterlife. We have to believe in the Son to enter eternal life. Afterlife is a radical belief. It is not something easy to believe in since all we know is our earthly life, our physical world. Jesus asks us to trust in Him and be not afraid. He is here to teach us about our heavenly home.
It might be important to read a book on near death experiences (NDE) or near death experiences of the blind. These are cases when people are dead/unconscious for a few minutes, see a light, dead relatives, or themselves and the doctors/nurses working on them. It is proof consciousness exists outside the body or after life. Most importantly, Jesus proves this to us with the resurrection of His body. The gospels are not a myth or an entertaining fantasy novel. Jesus rose from the dead. This changes everything and should change the way we live each day for this life in preparation for the next. It means this world is not all there is. It changes the way we live our life to prepare for the eternal world with God in all of his glory, no pain, suffering, sin, death, and brokenness.
“The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to Him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” Jn 3:31-36
We have a Father in heaven who radically loves us and His one greatest desire is for His children to be back with Him. Choose wisely, belief begins in your heart and Christ reveals that we must believe in Him to enter eternal salvation. Christianity is the only religion that matures. It has a past, present, and future. Learn more about Jesus, pray, and share this Good News with others. He is alive, be present to Him, and spend time with Him!
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
“‘The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to Him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.’ John 3:31-36” This stood out to me because it really just gives it to you straight, if you obey God you make it to Heaven if you disobey God you may not see Heaven.
The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains upon him.
This part stuck out to me the most because it can help people understand that even when we sin, even when we are bad, God will be there for us. God never leaves us, he is always with us, but even though he is with us always we should still try our best to do what is good.
this gospel spoke to me by telling me that God sent his son to this world and he died on the cross just for us, and he is above all. he’s not just some spiritual figure, but an earthly man who walked along side us.
“WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE” JN 3:31-36. Something that stood out to me about this is that Jesus is saying that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
This is saying that we can only be saved through Jesus, not anyone nor anything else.
In today’s Gospel it talks about how no one accepts “the one who comes from above” and His testimonies. That’s us, we are never accepting Jesus’ testimonies in real life. We hear them, only half of us believe them most of the time and then there’s that little bit that does believe. “Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy,” it talks about how that if we do believe and do what he has said, it proves that God is worthy of our trust even though we shouldn’t have to prove it to him.
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.”
This stuck out to me because if we believe and stay true to what we believe, we will have eternal life with Jesus. But even if we start to turn away from God, He still wants us to live in Heaven with Him. We need to try to stay close with Jesus and not turn away. But, Jesus will always love us no matter what comes our way!
“The one who comes from above is above all.” This is how we should be treating God, like He is the greatest being and deserving of all glory and honor. Sometimes, we can think that God doesn’t know anything about us or what is best for us, but it is actually always the opposite because without God, we will never know what we are doing or how we will get to where we are meant to go.
It was telling me to get out of my comfort zone and try doing things I did not know I could do!
I think todays scrpture is just a simple reminder that God love us. And we should learn to believe in him and all he has done for us, especially what hes sacrificed.
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” In order to get to heaven we must believe the Son has eternal life. God still has love for us even when we sin but it it our decision to choose the will of the good.
The reflection for today about the gospel is that Jesus is saying that what is above is from God and what from earth is earthly. Jesus also implies that whomever accepts His testimonies will be certified in God, but whomever does not will have the wrath of God remaining upon himself.
Jesus is all knowing. He knows our sins, our burdens, our sorrows. When you look at someone can you see what they are going through? No, because you can not see their soul. Even though they look happy maybe they aren’t, maybe someone they loved just passed or they are going through mental health problems. You will never know only God will. That is why today’s gospel says he is above all. He is there for you when it seems like no one else is.
What stood out to me in the gospel is this “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” Because of the way it is said and the way it impacted my heart.
In today’s Gospel we must fully have trust and faith in God to go to Heaven. Jesus is the holy and mighty one from above. We must believe that the Son has eternal life.
Today’s gospel shows that Jesus is greater than any human because He comes directly from heaven, while everyone else is limited to earthly knowledge. He tells people what God is like, but most people choose not to believe him. When you trust Jesus, you are actually trusting that God is true and trustworthy. Following Jesus leads to eternal life, while rejecting him means losing out on that life.
Today’s Gospel tells us that God comes above everyone and everything. Whoever believes in him will have eternal life, God doesnt ration the Holy Spirit, he gives it to us all wholly and equally. Then God sent his own Son do save us, he died on the cross for US. So WE can go to heaven, whoever believes in the Son with have eternal life. God Bless!
the vers the father loves the sun and has given everything to him reminds me that god sent jesus to die for our sins and that God loves us all equally.It also reminds me that if there were only one person in the world god will still have sent jesus to die for us,this shows gods everlasting love for us he will be with us forever.We have a Father in heaven who radically loves us and His one greatest desire is for His children to be back with Him.He gave us the ten commandments so we can follow the word of God and meet him in heaven someday
In todays gospel, we learn that we should trust in the testimony because we will be trustworthy and we should preach the word of God. and if we believe in the word of God we will have eternal life with God in Heaven because he loves us so much he wants us to live with him in Heaven forever.
Today’s gospel says “He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.” We see what Jesus has done. We hear what he has said. Yet sometimes we do not belive.
John 3:31-36, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains upon him.” This is what we need to live by, its just so simple we need to live by Our Fathers word and his word only not any other false god but His only. This Gospel is telling me that if we live by Our Fathers word we will have eternal life but if we don’t, then our life after our physical life wont be so good!
In today’s Gospel Jesus is trying explain why his was sent to earth. We always ask ourselves and God “Why am I here, what is my purpose?’ We are here to speak the word of God and do his will though we do not always know what that is. We have to trust God because he has a plan.
“He testifies to what he has seen and heard,
but no one accepts his testimony.
Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.”
This Gospel reminds us that God is all powerful. Whoever believes in him shall have eternal life. One of my favorite bible verses is John 4:16. Jesus says, ” I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Jesus wants us to follow him so we can have eternal life and if we do we will. And if we don’t we will face eternalty without him.
but he loves us so much that he gives so many chances and he still loves us. all he wants is a relation ship with us.
“The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to Him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” I think this mean whoever does not be nice to there family will not go to heaven.It also makes me think of how to get to heaven.And it also teaches you to be kind to everyone.And make sure to obey the 10 commandments.
This gospel talks about near-death experiences and the resurrection of Jesus as evidence for life after death.
“We have a Father in heaven who radically loves us and His one greatest desire is for His children to be back with Him.” He made us and He loves us so much. He is the one that did everything for us for a reason, we are here at school for a reason. And everything happens for a reason because its all apart of His plan for us. So trust in His plan because we will be succeful.
“The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,” I love this Gospel because its talking about how if we follow in the path of the Lord, we will get to spend eternity with him. But if we decide to not do that, we will not get to spend eternity with him.
“WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE” JN 3:31-36 What this means to me is that with God we can do all things. God brings us eternal life and is the way the truth and the light and whoever comes to him will have eternal life. That heaven is also real and spirtual life.
“The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.” If all we care about in life are things of the world, our social status, our wealth then it is harder to get back to the Father. It isn’t bad to have these things but they shouldn’t be the main focus of our lives. The main focus should be the fact that we have a living God who never sleeps but is with us forever.
In today’s Gospel, I think God is trying to tell me that we need to give ourselves to our Lord. We need to follow the will that God has for us. We need to surrender and let the Lord work in us. When we are in a time of trouble we need calm down and let the Lord guide us.
“The one who comes from above is above all.” God is above us. God knows better than us. We have a choice to follow him, when we follow God we are following a path to heaven. We should be treating God like he is above us. When we think God doesnt know what is best for us or what we need, we start to fall away from him. God always wills our good.
God tells us that one who comes from him for him and is above all. He speaks of those who believe shall have life eternally. I feel as if this scripture is telling us that we cannot change who we are but what kind of person we can be
Today something that stuck out to me was “The one whom God sent speaks the words of God.” here Jesus is talking about himself and his mission on his earth God sent him to spread the message God sent Jesus to be crucified for our sins and that’s why he also says “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,” Be good on earth to have good things after earth we are all chosen to live a holy life.
Today in the Gospel of John, it says, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” Believing in God isn’t easy. But just because it seems hard doesn’t mean that we should stop trying. God knows all of our intentions, so if we try our best, he will see that.
In today’s Gospel Jesus says that people who come from earth will say earthly things. People who come from heaven will speak and do things from above. He will testify and tell us of the kingdom above, and if you do not believe Him then you shall not live. But if you do believe in Him then you will surely have eternal life and live with Him in God’s heavenly kingdom.
What this Gospel told me is that living life and praising God wont always be easy but if we stick with him through the hard times we will prosper with him and our loved ones in Heaven.
what I am getting from this Gospel is that we must accept Jesus’ way or else we face the consequences from God. it is simple we need to believe with our whole heart mind and spirit and we will have eternal life
I think what Jesus is trying to say to me through this gospel is to not lose faith in God. God has a plan for us and we have to believe that Jesus knows best. We have to put out selfish thoughts aside and surrender to God.
John 3:31-36, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” What I got out of this verse from the Gospel is that we must always obey God no matter what it is. Even if it seems wrong in the moment it still is good in Gods plan.
“The one who comes from heaven is above all.” This confirms out belief that Jesus didnt at all deserve to die on the cross.
Something that stuck with me when i read this is that “The one who comes from above is above all.” we should be realizing this by now and excpet we forget or we simply just do not care to understand. Jesus is the God he is the one that comes above in Heaven and is above us by being God and being one with his father, the holy spirit, and himself 3 in one. and yet people dont really realize the gravity of the situation that Jesus literally can do anything he wants but instead he chose you and chose us to love and us to love him back and he gave us free will so we can CHOOSE whether to love him and accept him or we can decide to reject him and distance ourselves from him.
In today’s Gospel, it basically says, “If you believe in God will have eternal life.” It also says, “The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven is above all.”
“WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE” JN 3:31-36 what this means
if we follow the father and give our life to him we will live forever in the glory of the
lord and heaven
Today What I got out of the gospel was that it is hard to be christian and be of Christ. You can be above all (Jesus) and still be prosecuted. Even in our daily lives you could do a prayer in public and weird looks or be thought of as “not fun” just because you want to follow the better path. “Whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” We have to understand that this path is better and we will see the light at the end we just have to stick with it.
In today’s Gospel we hear “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” What this means is if we don’t fully give up ourselves to be with Jesus then we won’t be accepted to be with Jesus. He loves us but if we don’t try to give back what he does for us then we will be stuck looking for happiness somewhere on earth.
In today’s Gospel, what stuck out to me was “But the one who comes from heaven is above all.” God is above all, the Pantocrater, the ruler of the universe. He created the universe and us, and loved us so much He sent down his only Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from sin. Sometimes, we often complain to God, thinking “I know how to do this, God.” or “I got it all figured out.” Sometimes we think that God is crazy because He is adamant in wanting us to follow His plan for our salvation. It reminds me of when Jesus said to Judas, “What makes you think your plan is better than my plan?” We need to trust God in all that He does because He is the one from above and above all.
In today’s gospel Jesus is teaching us that listening to God and doing his will is the most important thing in our lives. Because “the one who is above is above all” it doesn’t matter what is going on following God is the right thing to do. Always listen to God, even if it contradicts a request from someone you love. Doing what God wills is always right.
Today in the Gospel God is telling us to believe in Him and Jesus, but also obey Him. How could we get to heaven if we do not believe in God? But at the same time, it takes more than faith to get to heaven. We must also try to obey God’s will and do what is right.
“The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven is above all.” I thought that this was interesting and slightly contradictory because it says whoever comes from above is above all but then it says the one who comes from heaven is above all. As you can tell, this is slightly confusing unless you actually think about it because it is saying there are two above and one earthly. Which is slightly how God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were because; while Jesus was never “earthly” per say, He spoke of earthly and Heavenly things combined to let the people understand what He was teaching. Jesus was also the one who came down from Heaven but so did the Holy Spirit when He granted language to the Apostles. God is obviously in Heaven and came down in the form of His Son, Jesus.
In today’s Gospel it told me that I need to put my complete and total trust in God the Father Almighty. He loves me so much that He sent His only begotten son our Lord Jesus Christ to die for our sins.
“We have a Father in heaven who radically loves us and His one greatest desire is for His children to be back with him.” He made us and He loves us so much. He is the one that did everything for us for a reason, we are here at school for a reason. And everything happens for a reason because it’s all a part of His plan for us. So trust in His plan because we will be successful
he has come to help us we should follow God not man we should have faith in Jesus through our rough times we all have pain suffering but we will all be forgiving in a while lets be holy lets forgive and lets be THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!!!
“The one who comes from above is above all.” In today’s gospel it tells us that we should obey and follow Jesus because he is above all and he is king.
We should always respect God as our creator since he comes from above us. We need to accept his teaching and testimony. When we do this we are seen as trustworthy in the eyes of God.
In todays Gospel it tells us to obey and believe in Jesus and you will get to heaven. We must put others before ourselves like Jesus did so we can set an example for all. We need to forgive others like Jesus did, and we need to praise and worship him.
IN todays Gospel They were speaking about Jesus and saying that Jesus has risen. The jews did not like that they were talking about Jesus and preaching about Jesus. The jews told them to stop preaching and they were really mad. But they kept going because this is what Jesus wanted them Todo and its what God wanted them Todo and some people were mad because they were preaching.
” But the one who comes from heaven is above all.” Christ is above us all and He has always been. We are nothing without Christ. He is maker of all things and is above all.
the gospel is saying that if you have seen god and still not believed the wrath of god will come upon you. you should be able to hear bout Jesus and believe, not have to see him.
in today’s gospel it is talking about how whoever believes in the son will have eternal life but whoever doesn’t believe in the son does not have life. I think that this means that when be believe and are faithful and good we will have eternal life in heaven. but if we don’t follow the way of the Lord we might not make it to heaven.
“The one who comes from above is above all”. This reminds me of you shall fear the Lord because its saying that Jesus/God is above all and that no one is more powerful.”Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,” this reminds me of how either you are with Jesus or you are against him.
The part of this Gospel that stuck out the most to me was when Jesus says, “The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.” This meant to me that just as The Father loves the Son and has given everything to him he also loves us and will provide us with everything we need.
We need to believe in God at all times. We can’t worship and praise other human beings or other gods. We also need to obey him because how will we be able to get to Heaven if we don’t follow and obey God.
this gospel reading is kind of telling us about the end of the earth. but it is also telling us about the rules of following jesus or how to follow jesus. its telling us if what we do is bad or good and if it will get us into heaven with god. it is also telling us that whoever disobeys will not see eternal life but eternal damnation.
The son is above all of us. We need to listen to everything he says.
The gospel says “Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.” This kind of hit different to me because you can say that God is trustworthy, and still not trust Him. For example, I know that God is the most reliable friend that I will ever have, and yet there are so many things that I feel like I need to do on my own, with no help. This gospel comes with a realization within me, that I have not been doing everything I need to. I need to step it up, not because I am doing good and need to do better, but because I am not doing enough.
This gospel is telling me if you praise Jesus good things will happen but if you disobey him bad things will happen and you might not get to go to Heaven. This is telling me to always praise Jesus no matter what.
“But the one who comes from heaven is above all”. Jesus was walking on earth just like us as if he wasn’t here to die on the cross to save US! Jesus dies for us and went through all that suffering for us. Jesus is so powerful yet he is just like us.
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains upon him.” I think this is saying that if you believe in God you have eternal life but if you don’t believe in him, he will still be with you.
“He does not ration his gift of the Spirit,¨ God does not only give the Spirit to a select group of people, He gives everyone more grace than we could ever need.
I don’t think I have much to say about this one God said it for me.”Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.”
In today’s Gospel, I learned that if we believe in God, we will have eternal life, but if we don’t, we will not have eternal life with God. To actually believe in God, is to actually take time and spend that time with God. We can’t just say we believe in Him, just so we can have eternal life. God knows what we truly think about Him.
Jesus tells one of the higher ups in the Sanhedrin that the son of God has come down to save them
In today’s gospel God is saying to me that whoever accepts his testimony Jesus says God is certified trustworthy. Do not ration my gift of the Spirit. God loves his son and hands everything over to him.
here jesus is saying that he is above allbecause he is from the one who made all
In this Gospel I feel like we forget to prioritize the heavenly perspective over earthly concerns like politics, and wisdom etc. We should affirm that Jesus is both our Savior and Lord over all creation.
Today’s gospel is telling us that listening to God and doing God’s will is the most important thing in life. We as the daughters and sons of God need to put him first in life and not other things.
what suck out to me is The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.
But the one who comes from heaven is above all. this means that we need to not worship other gods but to the one and only God.
“The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to Him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.” this line really sticks out to me because it sounds like john 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. which is a really powerful and meaningful verse to many.
There’s an after life that we have yet to enter. It’s something out of this world that might be hard to comprehend. Every near death experience I’ve heard all share a similar story to the point where I doubt it’s just people making things up or hallucinating. Death can be a scary thing and sometimes painful, but there’s a better place after that moment. All your loved ones who have died should be in a better place now, or at least in purgatory.
“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” God gave us signs because he knows we are human and we need to see it with our own eyes to believe. So he left for us many signs, the shroud of Turin, the cross, and the Bible.
Nicodemus was spoken to in the middle of the night We have to believe Jesus if we want to live with him in eternal life which is Heaven. Afterlife is something that it takes time for us to believe in especially because we are used to living on earth not in the afterlife. Jesus wants us to trust in him and to not fear him at all so we can live with him forever. If Jesus hadn’t resurrected we wouldn’t live with him in eternal life, that’s why he is here to teach us about it.
GOD BLESS!!<3
“WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE” JN 3:31-36, I think this tells us that we have to believe in Jesus for us to believe in the father. Because if what he says is true than the father is going to judge us not on how good we looked or how smart we were, but how we loved others around us. And if we don’t know to love others than we can’t truthfully love God and then we also can’t go to Heaven