A Promise

 

LECTIO:                                        John 3:13-17

Jesus said to Nicodemus:
"No one has gone up to heaven
except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him.

Studium: 

Jesus is speaking--present tense.  "No one has gone to heaven..." because Jesus hasn't died and been resurrected, yet.  He will be, just like Moses raised up his staff/serpent.  All so that Jesus could save us.

Meditatio: Oratio:

Jesus may not condemn us, but He's not blind.  We are sinners.  Mankind put Him on that cross.  We need to see ourselves as putting Jesus on that cross.  

Oratio: 

Thank you, Jesus, for loving me so much, to take upon Yourself, mankind's sin.  

Contemplatio:

Save me, Jesus.  Thank you, Jesus, for saving me.