“…that He gave His only begotten Son…” (John 3:16).
That God gave points to a once and for all historical action. This particular clause is a unique grammatical construction; emphasizing not simply that God loved the world enough to give his son, but rather, he loved the world so much that he actually gave his son. God’s love is not some distant, subjective declaration but a deeply personal, objective, sacrificial expression.
Bobby Dagnel 