John 3:18

John 3:18. He that believeth on him is not condemned:

That is a grand truth.

John 3:18. But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

His not believing is the master-sin, the surest evidence of his being, in his heart, an enemy to God. If he refuses to trust Christ, the matchless gift of the Father’s love, he must be desperately set on mischief, and he "is condemned already." These two truths of the necessity of the new birth, and of the fact that everyone who believes on Christ is saved, are quite consistent and in perfect harmony with each other. God grant to us the grace to know them both by experience! Never talk about "reconciling" them, for they have never fallen out with one another. God grant that we may find them both true in our own lives, for his dear Son’s sake! Amen.