John 3:18
Whoever believes in Him --
Whoever puts his trust in that Jesus took their place on the Cross; trusts that His sacrifice was the payment of their own personal debt to God.
is not condemned, --
Is not liable any more to have to spend forever paying that eternal debt to the eternal God.
But whoever does not believe --
Refuses to admit that they deserve that death, refuses to agree with God about the severity of sin.
stands condemned --
Still faces judgement.
already --
All the world already lies in the arms of the evil one, to lull them to sleep, unconscious of God entirely.
because he has not believed --
Has not turned to God or been open to hear God, has not put their trust in Him.
in the Name of God's one and only Son.
His Name is His Kingdom Authority, His sovereignty as our Master, our King our Father, our God.
So each of us already stands condemned because we are all descended from Adam and we each bear that sin nature, that original sin, that makes it so much easier for us to make wrong choices, bad decisions, for whatever reason we use as our excuse. That's why Jesus came, why the eternal Son was born as a baby with the same human nature we all have, but without the sin. He alone is the eternal Person who could pay our eternal debt to God in time, and also qualify to die that human death that we all deserve.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
