God so Loved the World, You are a Chosen Race!
God so loved the world, You are a chosen race!
From what we have already seen from my last few posts about for whom did Christ die for? If you have not read my last four Posts I would recommend that you do!
It is now time to deal with John 3;16 ‘For God so Loved the world". If my interpretation of scripture is correct that Jesus only died for his elect people who were chosen in him before the world began. To be adopted as Son’s predestined to be conformed in to his image. How are we to interpret John 3; 16?
Many people believe that John 3;16 is talking about God sending his Son to die for the sin’s of every individual who has every lived. They hold this view because they believe that the statement "God so loved the World" must mean every one. But does scripture use the world ‘world’ in this interpretation. Because many times in scripture the word "world’ is use to describe a people group.
For example,
Luke 2; 1-3 "There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the World should be taxed". The word "world" here does not mean every one on the planet, but those who were the inhabitants of the Roman Empire.
1 John 5; 19 "We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one". The word "world" here does not mean every individual, but a class of people who are under the devil’s control. Christians are not under his control as we are the children of God.
1 Romans 8, "First I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world". It is clear from this verse that the whole world as we know it today did not here about their faith in Jesus Christ. Paul was writing to the new Christians at the Church of Rome. The word "world" does not mean every individual on the planet.
So who is being spoken in the passage of John 3; 16? I would make the question if God has chosen a people in Christ from the foundation of the world ( Eph 1;4) to be predestined to be in Christ this must exclude a number of people. As not every person on earth is going to believe. But those who have been chosen will believe. It would be mad for God to choose a people group to be saved, and then send Jesus into the world to save every single person who has every lived. So who is the world? It is the chosen race who has be chosen to be redeemed. Is not a race a world of people? Scriptures says that all believers are a chosen race.
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the Excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2; 9)
First Peter opens, addressing his elect people, this would include all believers. This race also includes all God’s chosen people in the Old Testament, New Testament and future believers.
The Bible talks about two federal heads, the two Adam’s. One was Adam and the other was Christ. In Adam, he lost his world, but in Christ he had chosen a world to be saved out of Adam’s. This was to be a redeemed race that had people purchased from out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation (Rev 5;9).
Scripture makes it clear for who he purchased and died for!
"Therefore take heed to yourself and to the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the Church, which he purchased with his blood" (Acts. 20;28).
"Husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the Church and gave himself for her" (Eph. 5;25).
Who is his Church? It is a people group, his chosen race, world, that he chose from the foundation of the world to be in Christ. It is only when you accept this view that we see that Jesus’ death was to obtain salvation for these people. Jesus died in the place of his elect people, so their sins were covered. This is what 2 Corinthians 5;19 means when it says,
2 Corinthians 5; 19 "God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them".
These people were reconciled to God by Christ’s blood, so that their sins would not be counted against them. This "world" is God’s elect people, as it would be irresponsible to say that more people will be saved than have been chosen and also that all people have had there sins covered. This is false, as we know some will be in hell.
Once one has understood that this ‘world’ is the chosen race, then every other verse talking about Jesus dying for the sins of the whole world makes sense. We see that Christ’s death actual saved all his people at the cross. His chosen have been saved eternally.
He did not come to make salvation a possibility, no he saved a people, who will in time believe because they have been called to believe.
"For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him" (John 3;17)
Why would God not send the Son to judge the world? Because the world is his chosen people who have been predestined in his blood to be holy (Eph 1;4). For there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ.
The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world" (1 John 4;14) and he was, he saved all those who were given to him by the Father from eternity.
"Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin’s of the world (John 1; 29) and Jesus did take away all their sins when he died in their place and when,
"God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them"(2 Cor 5;19).
1 John 2;2 "And he himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world". Those who believe the Atonement was for every individual on the planet, do not take time to see what the word "Propitiation’ means. The word means that Christ sacrifice appeased the wrath of God against that person. This has not been done for every individual as John 3; 36 says that "He who believes in the Son has ever lasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him". So what does this verse mean? It means that Christ appeased Gods wrath against the "Our" sins, Christians then living in that context and also for those who will believe through out the whole world. This ties in with other verses which say Christ laid his life down for his sheep, "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, and they will here my voice and there will be one flock and one Shepherd" (John 10; 16). Also John 11;51 implies the same context "Now this he did not say on his own authority, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation (elect Jews) and not for that nation only but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
I stand and hold that the "world’ that is spoken of in John 3;16 is God’s chosen race spoken of in 1 Peter 2;9.
From what we have already seen from my last few posts about for whom did Christ die for? If you have not read my last four Posts I would recommend that you do!
It is now time to deal with John 3;16 ‘For God so Loved the world". If my interpretation of scripture is correct that Jesus only died for his elect people who were chosen in him before the world began. To be adopted as Son’s predestined to be conformed in to his image. How are we to interpret John 3; 16?
Many people believe that John 3;16 is talking about God sending his Son to die for the sin’s of every individual who has every lived. They hold this view because they believe that the statement "God so loved the World" must mean every one. But does scripture use the world ‘world’ in this interpretation. Because many times in scripture the word "world’ is use to describe a people group.
For example,
Luke 2; 1-3 "There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the World should be taxed". The word "world" here does not mean every one on the planet, but those who were the inhabitants of the Roman Empire.
1 John 5; 19 "We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one". The word "world" here does not mean every individual, but a class of people who are under the devil’s control. Christians are not under his control as we are the children of God.
1 Romans 8, "First I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world". It is clear from this verse that the whole world as we know it today did not here about their faith in Jesus Christ. Paul was writing to the new Christians at the Church of Rome. The word "world" does not mean every individual on the planet.
So who is being spoken in the passage of John 3; 16? I would make the question if God has chosen a people in Christ from the foundation of the world ( Eph 1;4) to be predestined to be in Christ this must exclude a number of people. As not every person on earth is going to believe. But those who have been chosen will believe. It would be mad for God to choose a people group to be saved, and then send Jesus into the world to save every single person who has every lived. So who is the world? It is the chosen race who has be chosen to be redeemed. Is not a race a world of people? Scriptures says that all believers are a chosen race.
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the Excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2; 9)
First Peter opens, addressing his elect people, this would include all believers. This race also includes all God’s chosen people in the Old Testament, New Testament and future believers.
The Bible talks about two federal heads, the two Adam’s. One was Adam and the other was Christ. In Adam, he lost his world, but in Christ he had chosen a world to be saved out of Adam’s. This was to be a redeemed race that had people purchased from out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation (Rev 5;9).
Scripture makes it clear for who he purchased and died for!
"Therefore take heed to yourself and to the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the Church, which he purchased with his blood" (Acts. 20;28).
"Husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the Church and gave himself for her" (Eph. 5;25).
Who is his Church? It is a people group, his chosen race, world, that he chose from the foundation of the world to be in Christ. It is only when you accept this view that we see that Jesus’ death was to obtain salvation for these people. Jesus died in the place of his elect people, so their sins were covered. This is what 2 Corinthians 5;19 means when it says,
2 Corinthians 5; 19 "God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them".
These people were reconciled to God by Christ’s blood, so that their sins would not be counted against them. This "world" is God’s elect people, as it would be irresponsible to say that more people will be saved than have been chosen and also that all people have had there sins covered. This is false, as we know some will be in hell.
Once one has understood that this ‘world’ is the chosen race, then every other verse talking about Jesus dying for the sins of the whole world makes sense. We see that Christ’s death actual saved all his people at the cross. His chosen have been saved eternally.
He did not come to make salvation a possibility, no he saved a people, who will in time believe because they have been called to believe.
"For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him" (John 3;17)
Why would God not send the Son to judge the world? Because the world is his chosen people who have been predestined in his blood to be holy (Eph 1;4). For there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ.
The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world" (1 John 4;14) and he was, he saved all those who were given to him by the Father from eternity.
"Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin’s of the world (John 1; 29) and Jesus did take away all their sins when he died in their place and when,
"God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them"(2 Cor 5;19).
1 John 2;2 "And he himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world". Those who believe the Atonement was for every individual on the planet, do not take time to see what the word "Propitiation’ means. The word means that Christ sacrifice appeased the wrath of God against that person. This has not been done for every individual as John 3; 36 says that "He who believes in the Son has ever lasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him". So what does this verse mean? It means that Christ appeased Gods wrath against the "Our" sins, Christians then living in that context and also for those who will believe through out the whole world. This ties in with other verses which say Christ laid his life down for his sheep, "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, and they will here my voice and there will be one flock and one Shepherd" (John 10; 16). Also John 11;51 implies the same context "Now this he did not say on his own authority, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation (elect Jews) and not for that nation only but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
I stand and hold that the "world’ that is spoken of in John 3;16 is God’s chosen race spoken of in 1 Peter 2;9.
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