John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

I’m returning to our Sunday morning memory verses now that lent is over. Sunday’s verse for the week is John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

Now what? We dare not forget what we learned or set it on the shelf of our mind until lent of 2026. What should our response be? Our response should be one of praise, thanksgiving, and worship for each of the exchanges and the resurrection.

Jesus was punished that we may be forgiven.
Jesus was wounded that we may be healed.
Jesus was made sin that we may be righteous.
Jesus died that we might be made alive.
Jesus was made poor that we may be rich. (prosper)
Jesus was shamed that we might receive glory.

Shame: “The painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous etc., done by oneself or another.”

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. Jesus endured our poverty that we might share His abundance. If Jesus endured our poverty; if Jesus had lost everything hanging from the cross we could say that poverty is not a blessed condition, it’s not a good thing. Poverty is the opposite of abundance.