Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                  Chapter Three

                                                                                                                                      Verses 31-36 continued

John further taught that because the Father loves His Son, He has "given all things into His hand." Since Jesus created all things which already belong to Him, then this phrase can only mean that the Father gave His Almighty Power to His Son to make the sacrifice and resurrection that is necessary to recover and recreate His entire creation that has been stained and corrupted by sin and evil, and that Jesus would be able to reconcile all living humans that He creates to Himself. Romans 8:18-25; Colossians 1:15-23.

John continued his testimony by stating that everyone who believes in Christ will receive everlasting life. John 11:25-26. Since God gives His latent faith to every human He creates in His image, then God knows exactly how to revive that latent faith in every human and save them all, some by His higher form of salvation through His grace and all others He will save with a lesser form of salvation when He purges their sins and evil with His fiery wrath against evil. John 5:24; I Corinthians 3:11-15; II Peter 3:9-13; Psalm 75:3; Psalm 68:2-3.

In verse 36, John taught that unbelievers can never live and that God's wrath will forever be upon them. Since God will revive His latent faith in all living humans, then these unbelievers can only be the separated, spiritual dead that Christ will cast into the lake of fire. The evil that is spiritual death can influence living humans to disbelieve for a time, but God knows how to revive His latent faith that He puts into all humans so that He can cleanse and save them all. John 5:24; Revelation 5:11-14. Total evil continuously rejects the Holy Spirit and can never believe in Christ. Matthew 12:31-32. Christ gives only a temporary punishment to living humans who have been influenced by the evil within them to reject Christ until their physical deaths. Hebrews 9:27. God never cursed Adam and Eve or any of their descendants. From the beginning, God meant that living humans would always suffer only temporary punishment for their sins and evil. God Himself would sacrifice Himself to eliminate their eternal suffering and death. Genesis 3:8-21. God promised Eve that she would be the mother of all living, and God will preserve His living humans that He creates forever. Luke 20:38; Psalm 36:6; I Corinthians 15:22; II Timothy 4:1; Genesis 3:20. God also promised that He would save some living humans by His grace. Genesis 3:21. God knows exactly how to cause all living humans living on the earth or confined to the regions of death to choose to believe in Him in a great worship service as recorded in Revelation 5:11-14. God can never lose anything He has ever created. Ecclesiastes 3:14; I Corinthians 13:8; Psalm 111:7-9; Luke 20:38; Romans 11:36; Romans 11:29; Psalm 36:6; I Timothy 4:10; I Timothy 6:13; II Timothy 1:10.