John 3

16 Because God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted, but should have eternal life.*The opposite of ‘eternal life’ is not ‘non-eternal life’, it is ‘eternal death’. But ‘death’ does not mean ‘cease to exist’—the human spirit, the image of the Creator, is immortal, it exists forever. There are but two destinies for the human being—unending life or unending death. The central idea in ‘death’ is separation; physical death means the spirit is separated from the body; spiritual death means the spirit is separated from the Creator, forever. The essence of ‘life’ is to be in communion with the Creator, so we can start enjoying our eternal life right here, right now. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world in order to condemn the world,*The world was already condemned; the Son came to offer a way out. but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18 The one believing into Him is not condemned, but the one not believing has already been condemned,*Since we are sinners by inclination and by choice, we are already under condemnation; the only way out is to believe into the Lord Jesus. because he has not believed into the name*"Believe into the name" = "believe into Him"; a person’s name represents that person. of the only begotten Son of God.

19 "Now this is the basis for the condemning, that the Light has come into the world,*The light makes itself available, comes into our area, announces the address, but we must take the initiative to go to that light. but the people loved the darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were malignant.