It's nothing to do with what my pastor preaches.
The question is....do you believe this from The Preacher?
14As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
20For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. John 3:14-20 NASB
>>14As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
20For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. John 3:14-20 NASB<<
14. The key question here is what does it mean to “believe” in him?
17. What is the point being made by citing this verse?
18. As in 14, the question is what does it mean to “believe”?
19/20. What is the point being made by citing these verses?