For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life (John 3:16).
(a)
[Source: Missions or “I Will Build My Church”]
Any student of the Scriptures must realize that the
term “world” in Scripture almost never refers to all men head for head. It can
refer to the sum total of those who are under the dominion of Satan, so that
the believer is warned not to love that world of wickedness (I John 2:15). Who
would think for a moment that the “world” in I John 2:15 refers to all men head
for head, including the elect? No one. But neither can John 3:16 refer to the
world of wicked men, as in I John 2:15. Here in John 3:16 Jesus is speaking of
the entire organism of God’s elect, as they finally make up that multitude that
no man can number in the new creation.
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