Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Let's Talk about: Megan Kelly , this one is not seen on fox news
1. she is the greatest Aunt in the world!!!
2. she has a skills, she can build a desk from scratch!!!
3. according to Josh she is crafty, Josh you did not need a Beastie boys song to tell ya that refer to number 2
4. she loves her Nephew Johny.B!!!
5.She is from from a place in that the name name of the city is pa duke ka
6. the State she is from the University has the abbreviation ask the England , The UK, and that is cool cause i am half British
7.Megan can wiggle her nose when laughing!!!
what else can I say , well the most important she Loves Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. she has a skills, she can build a desk from scratch!!!
3. according to Josh she is crafty, Josh you did not need a Beastie boys song to tell ya that refer to number 2
4. she loves her Nephew Johny.B!!!
5.She is from from a place in that the name name of the city is pa duke ka
6. the State she is from the University has the abbreviation ask the England , The UK, and that is cool cause i am half British
7.Megan can wiggle her nose when laughing!!!
what else can I say , well the most important she Loves Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
poor macs
New Botnet Threatens Mac Computers
by Tim Stevens — Apr 23rd 2009 at 11:16AM
New Botnet Targets Mac ComputersFor years now, Mac users have flaunted their seeming immunity to computer viruses, malware, and other noxious applications that plague the hearts, minds, and hard drives of PC users. However, there have been exceptions to the Mac's invincible reputation, like the one app from last summer that stole photos and all sorts of other information. According to security software firm Symantec, there's another one on the loose, turning Apple computers into zombies.
The app is (somewhat humorously) called iBotnet, and it runs quietly in the background after its taken control of your Mac computer. It then allows the crooks who distributed the software to use the infected machines for their nefarious means, doing whatever they like. That's the essence of the botnet. Only a few thousand Macs are infected, but, given the general lack of virus protection on most Apple computers, that's a number that could quickly balloon.
What can you do? Well, if you're on a Mac, it's time to start watching what you click and download, just as your PC brethren have been doing for years. And perhaps it's time to be a little less self-sure, too. [From: CNN]
the trojan for macs
What is "iBotnet"?
Last January, malicious programs, called trojans were found hidden in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 posted on some peer to peer (P2P) networks. We do not believe that these threats are widespread or likely to affect the average user. However, users are advised to run a good quality internet security suite and to download software directly from the software publisher or from reputable software distributors and resellers.
Users who are using Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh or Norton Internet Security for Macintosh are protected from these threats.
For more details, visit the Symantec Security Response article here.
Are Mac users under attack?
The short answer, no. Users of Macintosh computers continue to have little to fear from viruses, trojans and worms so long as they take reasonable precautions. However, users who download files from third party sites and from P2P networks such as BitTorrent are at risk. More generally, anyone who surfs the internet should be aware of the threat of fake web sites, called phishing sites, that steal passwords, identity information and credit card numbers.
What do the trojans do?
The two versions of the trojan, called OSX.Iservice and OSX.Iservice.B both create a network of computers (a “botnet) that can used by cyber criminals to attack web sites, send junk email, steal passwords (SPAM) and other malicious activities. This network has been called by some, "iBotnet".
How does the trojan infect a computer?
The trojans are distributed in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 found on some P2P networks. Unlike worms, these threats do not spread by themselves.
Who is at risk?
Any user who downloads files from P2P networks runs the risk of downloading infected files. Viruses, trojans and worms can be written to attach users of any type of computer. Norton advises all users to download software only from reputable sources and to run a good quality internet security suite.
What To Do If You Think You May Be Infected
Users are advised to install Norton Internet Security for Macintosh. Both Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh will detect and remove these threats.
Advice To Stay Safe
1. Run a good security suite (we are partial to Norton Internet Security and Norton 360).
2. Keep your computer updated with the latest patches and updates.
3. Don’t use “free” security scans that pop up on many web sites. All too often these are fake, using scare tactics to try to get you to purchase their “full” service.
4. Be smart with your accounts. Create a limited or non-administrator account for day to day activities. Use an account with full privileges only when necessary.
5. Be smart with passwords. This includes
* Change your passwords periodically
* Use complex passwords – no simple names or words, use special characters and numbers
* Using a separate, longer password for each site that has sensitive personal information or access to your bank accounts or credit cards.
6. Back up your computer
7. Run Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac.
FAQ
Q: What should I do if my MAC is infected?
A: Users are advised to install Norton Internet Security for Macintosh. Both Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh will detect and remove these threats.
Q: Am I safe if I don’t download software from P2P networks?
A: No. This particular threat is spread primarily through bogus software posted to P2P networks. However there are other threats to your Macintosh that can strike through infected web sites, files attached to emails, files on USB sticks and other sources.
Last January, malicious programs, called trojans were found hidden in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 posted on some peer to peer (P2P) networks. We do not believe that these threats are widespread or likely to affect the average user. However, users are advised to run a good quality internet security suite and to download software directly from the software publisher or from reputable software distributors and resellers.
Users who are using Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh or Norton Internet Security for Macintosh are protected from these threats.
For more details, visit the Symantec Security Response article here.
Are Mac users under attack?
The short answer, no. Users of Macintosh computers continue to have little to fear from viruses, trojans and worms so long as they take reasonable precautions. However, users who download files from third party sites and from P2P networks such as BitTorrent are at risk. More generally, anyone who surfs the internet should be aware of the threat of fake web sites, called phishing sites, that steal passwords, identity information and credit card numbers.
What do the trojans do?
The two versions of the trojan, called OSX.Iservice and OSX.Iservice.B both create a network of computers (a “botnet) that can used by cyber criminals to attack web sites, send junk email, steal passwords (SPAM) and other malicious activities. This network has been called by some, "iBotnet".
How does the trojan infect a computer?
The trojans are distributed in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 found on some P2P networks. Unlike worms, these threats do not spread by themselves.
Who is at risk?
Any user who downloads files from P2P networks runs the risk of downloading infected files. Viruses, trojans and worms can be written to attach users of any type of computer. Norton advises all users to download software only from reputable sources and to run a good quality internet security suite.
What To Do If You Think You May Be Infected
Users are advised to install Norton Internet Security for Macintosh. Both Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh will detect and remove these threats.
Advice To Stay Safe
1. Run a good security suite (we are partial to Norton Internet Security and Norton 360).
2. Keep your computer updated with the latest patches and updates.
3. Don’t use “free” security scans that pop up on many web sites. All too often these are fake, using scare tactics to try to get you to purchase their “full” service.
4. Be smart with your accounts. Create a limited or non-administrator account for day to day activities. Use an account with full privileges only when necessary.
5. Be smart with passwords. This includes
* Change your passwords periodically
* Use complex passwords – no simple names or words, use special characters and numbers
* Using a separate, longer password for each site that has sensitive personal information or access to your bank accounts or credit cards.
6. Back up your computer
7. Run Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac.
FAQ
Q: What should I do if my MAC is infected?
A: Users are advised to install Norton Internet Security for Macintosh. Both Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh will detect and remove these threats.
Q: Am I safe if I don’t download software from P2P networks?
A: No. This particular threat is spread primarily through bogus software posted to P2P networks. However there are other threats to your Macintosh that can strike through infected web sites, files attached to emails, files on USB sticks and other sources.
Monday, May 11, 2009
2 poat in 1
OK, I have to laugh because its funny one cause I do not know that this was Apple's goal but hey its a cool fashion trend ,I call it the Mac boy look,and for the girls is the there has not been this big copy this one fashion ,but this is a big step for guys there is a fashion that we can hold on to.
what is the Mac boy look
1. faded jeans ( faded,black jeans or stone washed blue jeans that look worn )
2.t shirts , vintage T's,soft cotton polos ( brands faded glory ,Ae,and gap,)
3.m favorite the shoes , brands ( converse -chucks,air walks ) air walks y are identical to chuck Taylor's but less expensive and they are made by the same company I believe
4. the hair cuts yest the longer on one sine shorter on the other
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I know people who read my blog and talk to me and know stuff about the Mac Operating system comes up and windows comes up, it not that I am trying to say one operating system is better that the other or that pcs are better than macs or the other way around.Mac Os was built off of Unix and Unix is a good operating system,now back in the day it was sort of like Dos was ,not that user friendly and not that great of an interface,but hey that is how most us people would look if we did not shave and keep groomed ,we would not have that great of a face to look at ,I am not saying that UNIX was ugly it just was not with this nice desktop and icons,like it is today so apple came in and gave it a make over and turned its into something nice to look at instead of a command prompt. I like to build and test computer and help people with their computer issues and yes I do like to fool around with video and pictures but and music and windows does a good job with what I need,now you do have to understand how to trim windows down to size and make it run smooth and stuff .So, ya litterly have to put fat boy on a diet and make sure ya keep him healthy so he can run good and do what ya need in a quick manner .Linux another Operating system that can run on both mac or pc is good with video editing its a good and other stuff like the Mac operating system and more secure than windows,but I am not jealous over macs i want to buy a mac to learn more on the operating system and learn so i can help other figure out how to do things and if some thing goes wrong and the issue come along ,I wanna know so i can help other fix it
what is the Mac boy look
1. faded jeans ( faded,black jeans or stone washed blue jeans that look worn )
2.t shirts , vintage T's,soft cotton polos ( brands faded glory ,Ae,and gap,)
3.m favorite the shoes , brands ( converse -chucks,air walks ) air walks y are identical to chuck Taylor's but less expensive and they are made by the same company I believe
4. the hair cuts yest the longer on one sine shorter on the other
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I know people who read my blog and talk to me and know stuff about the Mac Operating system comes up and windows comes up, it not that I am trying to say one operating system is better that the other or that pcs are better than macs or the other way around.Mac Os was built off of Unix and Unix is a good operating system,now back in the day it was sort of like Dos was ,not that user friendly and not that great of an interface,but hey that is how most us people would look if we did not shave and keep groomed ,we would not have that great of a face to look at ,I am not saying that UNIX was ugly it just was not with this nice desktop and icons,like it is today so apple came in and gave it a make over and turned its into something nice to look at instead of a command prompt. I like to build and test computer and help people with their computer issues and yes I do like to fool around with video and pictures but and music and windows does a good job with what I need,now you do have to understand how to trim windows down to size and make it run smooth and stuff .So, ya litterly have to put fat boy on a diet and make sure ya keep him healthy so he can run good and do what ya need in a quick manner .Linux another Operating system that can run on both mac or pc is good with video editing its a good and other stuff like the Mac operating system and more secure than windows,but I am not jealous over macs i want to buy a mac to learn more on the operating system and learn so i can help other figure out how to do things and if some thing goes wrong and the issue come along ,I wanna know so i can help other fix it
Saturday, May 09, 2009
be nice to your pc
Be nice to your pc ,here is how and this is not just for people who own windows or Linux based computer,people that own desktop macs should look in to this as well.
We all have to do that dread full chore of cleaning and dusting around the house,fellas don't think that its an awful chore if your lady as your to do the cleaning and dusting,the same goes for kids don't think of it as awful when your parents ask you to clean either ,because believe me its not their most favorite thing to do either. I would be a hypocrite if I told you that it doesn't seem awful to me
,but enough of talking about cleaning the house and lets get to the other thing that need our tlc,I am not talking about tune ups ,virus scanning ,malware scanning,that one way to show so tlc to your machine.But now think about that dust it gets in the fans and when the dust dirt collect in a pc,just like in a house it make the air thick and sometimes can make it harder to breath.Computers have motherboards,hard drives fans ,and other components in side the case and we rely on the fans to keep the stuff in side our computer to run cool and not over heat ,and we also have exhaust fan to take the heat out as well ,so here is what you can do to help kee you computer dust free and running cool.
what can I do here is what you can do and how to do it..
1.save those old dryer sheets .
2. measure the back of the computer fans ans air vents are
4.cute the fabric softener to fit the air where the fans and air vent are
5.go to the hardware store and get so panters tape,pants tape is usually blue
6. tape the fabric sheet in pace and u have a dust cover for your air vent
note : canned air is a good thing to still keep around because if the inside of your computer has dust in it before you you make the dust covers for you vents,you will only be trapping the dust inside .
We all have to do that dread full chore of cleaning and dusting around the house,fellas don't think that its an awful chore if your lady as your to do the cleaning and dusting,the same goes for kids don't think of it as awful when your parents ask you to clean either ,because believe me its not their most favorite thing to do either. I would be a hypocrite if I told you that it doesn't seem awful to me
,but enough of talking about cleaning the house and lets get to the other thing that need our tlc,I am not talking about tune ups ,virus scanning ,malware scanning,that one way to show so tlc to your machine.But now think about that dust it gets in the fans and when the dust dirt collect in a pc,just like in a house it make the air thick and sometimes can make it harder to breath.Computers have motherboards,hard drives fans ,and other components in side the case and we rely on the fans to keep the stuff in side our computer to run cool and not over heat ,and we also have exhaust fan to take the heat out as well ,so here is what you can do to help kee you computer dust free and running cool.
what can I do here is what you can do and how to do it..
1.save those old dryer sheets .
2. measure the back of the computer fans ans air vents are
4.cute the fabric softener to fit the air where the fans and air vent are
5.go to the hardware store and get so panters tape,pants tape is usually blue
6. tape the fabric sheet in pace and u have a dust cover for your air vent
note : canned air is a good thing to still keep around because if the inside of your computer has dust in it before you you make the dust covers for you vents,you will only be trapping the dust inside .
Friday, May 08, 2009
clean but still unclean
Today was pc tune up today @ Cajun clickers computer club and while working the 2 computers running windows updates and I checked my emails and I did a little reading in the word in James 3:1-12 about taming of the Tongue.
James 3
Taming the Tongue
1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
I read 1-10 ,the I stopped to go check on the process of the two computers and see if both of the computers were ready for the next thing on the check list,but while I was checking on both computers and while I was checking on the pcs I started start thinking my tongue is so unclean , out of the same mouth that I use to encourage my friend with,when I get in a situation or not around my friends either @ church or Highland coffees or around my apartment.....,but if I am in a situation or around people that drive me up the wall ,or around one one of my computer buddies and they are yacking about the people that us both up the wall my mouth because unclean.I started thinking I am horrible .
James 3
Taming the Tongue
1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
I read 1-10 ,the I stopped to go check on the process of the two computers and see if both of the computers were ready for the next thing on the check list,but while I was checking on both computers and while I was checking on the pcs I started start thinking my tongue is so unclean , out of the same mouth that I use to encourage my friend with,when I get in a situation or not around my friends either @ church or Highland coffees or around my apartment.....,but if I am in a situation or around people that drive me up the wall ,or around one one of my computer buddies and they are yacking about the people that us both up the wall my mouth because unclean.I started thinking I am horrible .
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
make your own antibaterialwipers
I have an easy way to make you own anti bacterial wipes to keep with you.
note: these wipes are good for you hands,not your face
1. get a package of or box of regular wipes
2. buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol, or if you have it in you cabinet in the bathroom get it out
3. get a baggy ,and put the wipes in the baggy
4.use the cap on the rubbing alcohol bottle and fill it 3 times pouring it in the baggy
5. close the baggy,make sure you get all the air our of the bag for if the baggy is filled with air it will easily bust,and be hard to pack
6. after getting all the air out the baggy ,shake the baggy well.
you not have homemade antibacterial wipes
note: these wipes are good for you hands,not your face
1. get a package of or box of regular wipes
2. buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol, or if you have it in you cabinet in the bathroom get it out
3. get a baggy ,and put the wipes in the baggy
4.use the cap on the rubbing alcohol bottle and fill it 3 times pouring it in the baggy
5. close the baggy,make sure you get all the air our of the bag for if the baggy is filled with air it will easily bust,and be hard to pack
6. after getting all the air out the baggy ,shake the baggy well.
you not have homemade antibacterial wipes
Monday, May 04, 2009
study on John 3:16
notess: John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. (John 3:16-18)
It is not hard to see why verse 16 is one of the most famous, most often memorized, most cherished verses in the Bible. Packed into this verse are the greatest realities that exist. God. Love. The world. The Son of God. Faith. Perishing forever. Living forever. Whoever—you, or not. These are the greatest things that can be. What could be more important? What could be more relevant for you right now? What could be more urgent for you or momentous for you than to know where you stand in relation to what God says to you in this verse?
So here’s what I think we should do with John 3:16. Today we will walk through it once, pausing over each of the big words (except loved) and commenting on each of them: God, World, Gave, Son, Believe, Perish, Life. And we will seek to apply that to ourselves as we go along. Then next week, if God wills, we will go back and devote a whole message to the one great word that we pass over today, namely, the word loved—“For God so loved . . .”
The Tension in John 3
We will ask, How does God love us in this passage? How does the love of God for the world in verse 16 relate to the work of the Spirit of God in verse 8? There seems to be a tension here. Many feel it, and many people try to remove the tension in away that dishonors the meaning either of verse 8 or verse 16.
On the one hand, verse 8 says that God the Spirit blows where he wills and makes alive whom he chooses. “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” God is free. And it is he, and not we, who has the final, decisive say in who among the spiritually rebellious and dead will be raised to new life. None of us deserves to be made alive. And none of us has the power to make it happen. If anybody is rescued, God does it.
But on the other hand, John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This surely means that God is loving all and offering all eternal life—the very life that the Spirit gives in verse 8.
That is what we will try to understand next week. And I will tip you off that I have been very helped in this by Don Carson’s book The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. It’s less than 90 pages. It’s understandable, and it is very good. I hope many of you will read it. (You can listen to Carson on the love of God here.)
Seven Massive Realities in John 3:16
But first, there are great and awesome things to be clarified in this verse. Seven massively important words—representing seven great realities—that we need to understand so that the power and preciousness of this famous verse can have its full effect. And O how I hope you Bethlehem believers know that such a foundational verse is not just for beginners. It is high-level, high-voltage shock therapy for marriage struggles and single struggles and teenage struggles.
So let’s turn first to the seven big words in verse 16.
1. God
“For God so loved . . .” There is no reason to think that Jesus means any other God than the God of the Old Testament. He is the all-powerful Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He is personal and not a mere force, meaning he thinks and wills and feels. He loves, and he hates. And as personal, he is moral—that is, he deals with us in terms of right and wrong and good and bad. And as moral, he is unwaveringly righteous. He only does what is right. And the infinite worth of what he is defines what is right. To do right is to think and feel and act in a way that accords with (is in harmony with) God’s infinite worth.
All of us were made by this God, and our first and highest duty and reason for being is to honor him and give him thanks (Romans 1:21). We have all failed, and we are all under his righteous displeasure. This is what makes John 3:16 so needed and so precious. It describes the way God is acting to rescue us from this condition.
2. World
“For God so loved the world . . .” The most common meaning for world in John is the created and fallen totality of mankind. John 7:7: “The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.” John 14:17: “. . . the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.”
That is the way John is using world here. It is the great mass of fallen humanity that needs salvation. It’s the countless number of perishing people from whom the “whoevers” come in the second part of the verse: “. . . that whoever believes in him should not perish.” The world is the great ocean of perishing sinners from whom the whoever comes.
3. Gave
“For God so loved the world, that he gave. . .” Two things need to be said about this giving. One is that it is a giving from heaven. And the other is that it is a giving, not just to come to earth, but to die. Verse 17 replaces the word give with send. “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” So the giving of verse 16 is God’s sending his Son into the world on a mission from heaven.
In John 10:17-18, we see what the climax of that mission from the Father is. Jesus says, “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” That last sentence shows that the reason the Father sent the Son was so that the Son would lay down his life. “I lay it down of my own accord. . . . This charge I have received from my father.”
So when John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave . . .”, the giving is God sending his Son to earth on a mission to die. It’s just as amazing—only a million times more so—as if you should say to your son, “There is something I want you to do for me: I have some enemies that deserve to perish, and I want you to go and die in their place, so that they can have eternal life.” Whatever else you know about God, make sure you know he is like that.
4. Son
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son. . .” Muslims and others stumble over the idea of God having a Son. So let me say a few things that are crystal clear in John’s Gospel, even though mysterious. God did not have sexual relations with Mary in order to have a Son. Turn back to chapter 1 where John gave us our basic understanding of the Son of God.
John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” So here we are introduced to the Word. And we are told three things about him. One, he is God. “The Word was God.” Two, he is with God, and therefore distinct from God. “The word was with God.” And third, he was therefore always in existence and never came to be. “In the beginning was the Word.”
Then look at verse 14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” This verse clarifies three things for us.
First, the Word of God referred in verse 1 is the Son of God. “The Word became flesh and . . . we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son . . . .”
Second, God, with whom the Word was, and from whom he is distinct, is God the Father. He is “the only Son from the Father.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God.” He was with God the Father.
Third, therefore, Jesus is the Son of God not because the Father had sex with Mary, but because the Son has always existed, without beginning, as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3). He is fully God. And the Father is fully God. And along with God the Spirit, they are one God, one divine nature. One essence and three persons in an eternal, perfect, joyful relationship.
5. Believe
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes . . .” Four observations about this believing.
First, it means that not everybody will benefit from what Jesus came to do. But “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” The rest will perish—and not have eternal life.
Second, the word itself means to embrace something as true; and when it’s a person, it means to trust them to be what they are and do what they say.
Third, John 1:11-12 shows that another word John has in mind to explain believe is receive. “[Jesus] came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” So receiving Jesus and believing Jesus explain each other.
Fourth, if we ask, “Receive him as what?” the answer would be, “Receive him as what he is.” For example, in John 6:35, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” So here believing means coming to Jesus and receiving him as the food and drink that satisfies our souls. That’s one of the reasons I talk about receiving him as our Treasure (Matthew 13:44). And this is why faith is so transforming.
6. Perish
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish . . .” What’s most clear and most important is to see that perish is the alternative to eternal life—“. . . not perish but have eternal life.” So if you perish, you don’t get eternal life.
Another thing that’s clear here is that verse 18 describes perishing as being condemned. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already.” And that means that God’s judicial sentence of wrath is on us as sinners and remains on us. We see this in John 3:36: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” So we are already under condemnation because of our sin and unbelief. And perishing means staying there forever under God’s wrath. There is nothing you can imagine worse than having the omnipotent God oppose you with righteous wrath forever. That’s what perishing means.
7. Life
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This does not simply mean you exist forever. Everybody exists forever. But not everybody has eternal life. This life is first that we are born again and have spiritual life. We know from John 6:63 that “it is the Spirit who gives life.” And we know from 1 John 5:11 that “this life is in [God’s] Son.” This is life to God—life that can see and savor God as glorious and all his creation the way he meant it to be enjoyed.
So what happens in our believing is that, by means of believing, the Holy Spirit is uniting us to Christ in whom is life. And in that instant, we are born again, we believe, we are united with the Son of God, and we have his life.
And because it is the life of the Son of God, it does last forever. “I am the resurrection and the life,” Jesus said, “Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die” (John 11:25-26).
Jesus Gives Life—And Dies in Our Place
And at this point, don’t forget what we saw under the word gave—“For God so loved the world that he gave . . .” Meaning gave to die. We don’t perish under the wrath of God because Jesus died in our place under the wrath of God. He was “the Lamb of God”—the sacrifice given in our place—who bears our sin and our punishment (John 1:29, 36).
So we have eternal life both because Christ died in our place and because in him is life. He removes the great obstacle of God’s wrath, and he supplies the everlasting life that we don’t have in ourselves.
Is This Your Life?
Which leaves just one question: Do you live in the forgiveness and life and freedom of John 3:16? Are you free from the fear of death? Does the wonder of being loved like this shape your relationships? I’m not asking if you give lip-service to this verse. But do you live it? Is this your life? Is everything you do permeated with this verse?
May God grant you such faith. Believe this promise of John 3:16. Receive the treasure of Christ—and life.
the Trinity
Definition of the
Trinity (Triunity) of God
Trinity: Webster’s dictionary gives the following definition of trinity: “The union of three divine persons (or hypostases), the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one divinity, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three Persons (or hypostases as to individuality).” Synonyms sometimes used are triunity, trine, triality. The term “trinity” is formed from “tri,” three, and “nity,” unity. Triunity is a better term than “trinity” because it better expresses the idea of three in one. God is three in one. Hypostases is the plural of hypostasis which means “the substance, the underlying reality, or essence.”
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. (John 3:16-18)
It is not hard to see why verse 16 is one of the most famous, most often memorized, most cherished verses in the Bible. Packed into this verse are the greatest realities that exist. God. Love. The world. The Son of God. Faith. Perishing forever. Living forever. Whoever—you, or not. These are the greatest things that can be. What could be more important? What could be more relevant for you right now? What could be more urgent for you or momentous for you than to know where you stand in relation to what God says to you in this verse?
So here’s what I think we should do with John 3:16. Today we will walk through it once, pausing over each of the big words (except loved) and commenting on each of them: God, World, Gave, Son, Believe, Perish, Life. And we will seek to apply that to ourselves as we go along. Then next week, if God wills, we will go back and devote a whole message to the one great word that we pass over today, namely, the word loved—“For God so loved . . .”
The Tension in John 3
We will ask, How does God love us in this passage? How does the love of God for the world in verse 16 relate to the work of the Spirit of God in verse 8? There seems to be a tension here. Many feel it, and many people try to remove the tension in away that dishonors the meaning either of verse 8 or verse 16.
On the one hand, verse 8 says that God the Spirit blows where he wills and makes alive whom he chooses. “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” God is free. And it is he, and not we, who has the final, decisive say in who among the spiritually rebellious and dead will be raised to new life. None of us deserves to be made alive. And none of us has the power to make it happen. If anybody is rescued, God does it.
But on the other hand, John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This surely means that God is loving all and offering all eternal life—the very life that the Spirit gives in verse 8.
That is what we will try to understand next week. And I will tip you off that I have been very helped in this by Don Carson’s book The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. It’s less than 90 pages. It’s understandable, and it is very good. I hope many of you will read it. (You can listen to Carson on the love of God here.)
Seven Massive Realities in John 3:16
But first, there are great and awesome things to be clarified in this verse. Seven massively important words—representing seven great realities—that we need to understand so that the power and preciousness of this famous verse can have its full effect. And O how I hope you Bethlehem believers know that such a foundational verse is not just for beginners. It is high-level, high-voltage shock therapy for marriage struggles and single struggles and teenage struggles.
So let’s turn first to the seven big words in verse 16.
1. God
“For God so loved . . .” There is no reason to think that Jesus means any other God than the God of the Old Testament. He is the all-powerful Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He is personal and not a mere force, meaning he thinks and wills and feels. He loves, and he hates. And as personal, he is moral—that is, he deals with us in terms of right and wrong and good and bad. And as moral, he is unwaveringly righteous. He only does what is right. And the infinite worth of what he is defines what is right. To do right is to think and feel and act in a way that accords with (is in harmony with) God’s infinite worth.
All of us were made by this God, and our first and highest duty and reason for being is to honor him and give him thanks (Romans 1:21). We have all failed, and we are all under his righteous displeasure. This is what makes John 3:16 so needed and so precious. It describes the way God is acting to rescue us from this condition.
2. World
“For God so loved the world . . .” The most common meaning for world in John is the created and fallen totality of mankind. John 7:7: “The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.” John 14:17: “. . . the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.”
That is the way John is using world here. It is the great mass of fallen humanity that needs salvation. It’s the countless number of perishing people from whom the “whoevers” come in the second part of the verse: “. . . that whoever believes in him should not perish.” The world is the great ocean of perishing sinners from whom the whoever comes.
3. Gave
“For God so loved the world, that he gave. . .” Two things need to be said about this giving. One is that it is a giving from heaven. And the other is that it is a giving, not just to come to earth, but to die. Verse 17 replaces the word give with send. “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” So the giving of verse 16 is God’s sending his Son into the world on a mission from heaven.
In John 10:17-18, we see what the climax of that mission from the Father is. Jesus says, “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” That last sentence shows that the reason the Father sent the Son was so that the Son would lay down his life. “I lay it down of my own accord. . . . This charge I have received from my father.”
So when John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave . . .”, the giving is God sending his Son to earth on a mission to die. It’s just as amazing—only a million times more so—as if you should say to your son, “There is something I want you to do for me: I have some enemies that deserve to perish, and I want you to go and die in their place, so that they can have eternal life.” Whatever else you know about God, make sure you know he is like that.
4. Son
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son. . .” Muslims and others stumble over the idea of God having a Son. So let me say a few things that are crystal clear in John’s Gospel, even though mysterious. God did not have sexual relations with Mary in order to have a Son. Turn back to chapter 1 where John gave us our basic understanding of the Son of God.
John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” So here we are introduced to the Word. And we are told three things about him. One, he is God. “The Word was God.” Two, he is with God, and therefore distinct from God. “The word was with God.” And third, he was therefore always in existence and never came to be. “In the beginning was the Word.”
Then look at verse 14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” This verse clarifies three things for us.
First, the Word of God referred in verse 1 is the Son of God. “The Word became flesh and . . . we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son . . . .”
Second, God, with whom the Word was, and from whom he is distinct, is God the Father. He is “the only Son from the Father.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God.” He was with God the Father.
Third, therefore, Jesus is the Son of God not because the Father had sex with Mary, but because the Son has always existed, without beginning, as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3). He is fully God. And the Father is fully God. And along with God the Spirit, they are one God, one divine nature. One essence and three persons in an eternal, perfect, joyful relationship.
5. Believe
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes . . .” Four observations about this believing.
First, it means that not everybody will benefit from what Jesus came to do. But “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” The rest will perish—and not have eternal life.
Second, the word itself means to embrace something as true; and when it’s a person, it means to trust them to be what they are and do what they say.
Third, John 1:11-12 shows that another word John has in mind to explain believe is receive. “[Jesus] came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” So receiving Jesus and believing Jesus explain each other.
Fourth, if we ask, “Receive him as what?” the answer would be, “Receive him as what he is.” For example, in John 6:35, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” So here believing means coming to Jesus and receiving him as the food and drink that satisfies our souls. That’s one of the reasons I talk about receiving him as our Treasure (Matthew 13:44). And this is why faith is so transforming.
6. Perish
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish . . .” What’s most clear and most important is to see that perish is the alternative to eternal life—“. . . not perish but have eternal life.” So if you perish, you don’t get eternal life.
Another thing that’s clear here is that verse 18 describes perishing as being condemned. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already.” And that means that God’s judicial sentence of wrath is on us as sinners and remains on us. We see this in John 3:36: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” So we are already under condemnation because of our sin and unbelief. And perishing means staying there forever under God’s wrath. There is nothing you can imagine worse than having the omnipotent God oppose you with righteous wrath forever. That’s what perishing means.
7. Life
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This does not simply mean you exist forever. Everybody exists forever. But not everybody has eternal life. This life is first that we are born again and have spiritual life. We know from John 6:63 that “it is the Spirit who gives life.” And we know from 1 John 5:11 that “this life is in [God’s] Son.” This is life to God—life that can see and savor God as glorious and all his creation the way he meant it to be enjoyed.
So what happens in our believing is that, by means of believing, the Holy Spirit is uniting us to Christ in whom is life. And in that instant, we are born again, we believe, we are united with the Son of God, and we have his life.
And because it is the life of the Son of God, it does last forever. “I am the resurrection and the life,” Jesus said, “Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die” (John 11:25-26).
Jesus Gives Life—And Dies in Our Place
And at this point, don’t forget what we saw under the word gave—“For God so loved the world that he gave . . .” Meaning gave to die. We don’t perish under the wrath of God because Jesus died in our place under the wrath of God. He was “the Lamb of God”—the sacrifice given in our place—who bears our sin and our punishment (John 1:29, 36).
So we have eternal life both because Christ died in our place and because in him is life. He removes the great obstacle of God’s wrath, and he supplies the everlasting life that we don’t have in ourselves.
Is This Your Life?
Which leaves just one question: Do you live in the forgiveness and life and freedom of John 3:16? Are you free from the fear of death? Does the wonder of being loved like this shape your relationships? I’m not asking if you give lip-service to this verse. But do you live it? Is this your life? Is everything you do permeated with this verse?
May God grant you such faith. Believe this promise of John 3:16. Receive the treasure of Christ—and life.
the Trinity
Definition of the
Trinity (Triunity) of God
Trinity: Webster’s dictionary gives the following definition of trinity: “The union of three divine persons (or hypostases), the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one divinity, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three Persons (or hypostases as to individuality).” Synonyms sometimes used are triunity, trine, triality. The term “trinity” is formed from “tri,” three, and “nity,” unity. Triunity is a better term than “trinity” because it better expresses the idea of three in one. God is three in one. Hypostases is the plural of hypostasis which means “the substance, the underlying reality, or essence.”
the study notes and Sermon are By John Piper
© Desiring God
Permissions: You are permitted and encouraged to reproduce and distribute this material in any format provided that you do not alter the wording in any way and do not charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction. For web posting, a link to this document on our website is preferred. Any exceptions to the above must be approved by Desiring God.
Please include the following statement on any distributed copy: By John Piper. © Desiring God. Website: desiringGod.org
the Trinity diagram
I added the Image this was not taken from pipers sermon notes,and if piper visits my blog I wanna say you are wonderful Preacher I love your Sermons!!
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