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"317" (Reflection Points Pilot Video)
Oct 2, 2025
2nd Half of the Gospel Nutshell
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Hello, my name is Al Watkins and I'm a
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minister from Wilmington, North
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Carolina. And I would like to share a
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quick word of encouragement with you
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from God's word. John 3:17
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says this, "For God sent not his son
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into the world to condemn the world, but
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that the world through him might be
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saved."
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Just about everybody's heard John 3:16,
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but very few people really have dwelt
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upon John 3:17, the very next statement.
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And it says this, "Jesus didn't come to
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point fingers at what you did wrong. He
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didn't come to push you away. He did
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come, however, to save you." And that
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means that you can have hope. You can
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have life because you have forgiveness
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from God himself. Many people know John
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3:16, but John 3:17 completes the
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complete thought of the gospel in a
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nutshell. The truth is we're already
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under condemnation for the sinfulness of
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the life in which we were born. Because
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sin is the imprisonment that we are
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naturally in through the natural man.
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But when we spiritually fully receive
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Jesus as our savior and a gift from God
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through mercy and grace, we recognize
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that salvation is not about what we can
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do for God to make it right. It's what
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God has already done for us that made it
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right. If you ever feel or have felt
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that you're unworthy and gone too far to
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be redemptive unto God's heaven, you
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have accepted the lie from the devil.
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Remember this verse. God sent not his
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son into the world to condemn the world,
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but that the world through him might be
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saved. God has already done what he
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needed to do through Jesus Christ on the
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cross, through the grave, and the
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resurrection.
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So today you can walk in the truth and
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know that you don't have to carry the
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guilt of sin because Christ has already
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forgiven you. Instead, receive his
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mercy, receive his gift of love and
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share this hope with others around you.
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Let us pray. Father, thank you for
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sending your son not to condemn us but
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to save us. Help us to trust fully in
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him and to live in the freedom of your
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grace. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Thank you for tuning in.