Most evangelicals are preaching a perverted gospel of Jesus Christ.
"Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel— not that there is another gospel, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ." (Gal 1:3-7)
There is no "IF" in that passage. In the traditional translation, "Who gave himself for our sins, that he might[or might not, depending on us] deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:" (Gal 1:4) The words in the brackets are added by heretics to avoid what the verse clearly states.
The perverted gospel makes Christ's atonement universal to each and every person, but it saves no one until a person adds his faith, making faith the merit or "work" John 6:29, for in that heresy Christ died for everyone without exception but saved no one, contrary to the words of scripture.
"John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." (Rev 1:4-6)
"and they sing a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation," (Rev 5:9) Here is what "world" means in John 3:16 and 1 John 2:2.
Oh, the heretics say, this is only true if man adds his faith to Jesus' work. That is a false gospel, faith is God's gift to His people. Only the elect are given saving faith.
"For it has been given to you, not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for his sake." (Phil 1:29)
"Because he wished to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival he rendered great service to those who through God's favor had believed," (Acts 18:27)
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—" (Eph 2:8) If Jesus died for each and every person, then the saved are so by their own doing!
"and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people; for not all have faith." (2Thess 3:2)
The definition of "the world" to mean every person who has or ever will live I find in no Greek-English lexicon. The 1987 Random House Unabridged Dictionary has 24 meanings listed for "world" but not the meaning of every person in the world. The scriptures let us know what it mean in John 3:16 and 1 John 2:2 as in the following:
"For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things." (Matt 6:32)
For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. (Luke 12:30) Here the Gentiles are the nations of "the world" in contrast to "you" the Jews.
"So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their stumbling means riches for "the world", and if their defeat means riches for Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! ...For if their rejection is the reconciliation of "the world", what will their acceptance be but life from the dead!" (Rom 11:11-12, 15)
In John 3 Nicodemus is labeled a v1, "Pharisee", "a ruler of the Jews" and v10, "a master of Israel" so he would think the Messiah came only for the Jews, their Messiah. Jesus shows that God loved all nations, not just Israel.
In 1 John 2:2 we have the same situation. 1 John starts with John writing that "we" which are the Jews, the apostles; and than after 2:2, John describes who he is writing to: "Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. (1John 2:7) Again John is showing Jews that Christ came to save the elect non-Jews as well as the elect Jews.
"Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel— not that there is another gospel, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ." (Gal 1:3-7)
There is no "IF" in that passage. In the traditional translation, "Who gave himself for our sins, that he might[or might not, depending on us] deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:" (Gal 1:4) The words in the brackets are added by heretics to avoid what the verse clearly states.
The perverted gospel makes Christ's atonement universal to each and every person, but it saves no one until a person adds his faith, making faith the merit or "work" John 6:29, for in that heresy Christ died for everyone without exception but saved no one, contrary to the words of scripture.
"John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." (Rev 1:4-6)
"and they sing a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation," (Rev 5:9) Here is what "world" means in John 3:16 and 1 John 2:2.
Oh, the heretics say, this is only true if man adds his faith to Jesus' work. That is a false gospel, faith is God's gift to His people. Only the elect are given saving faith.
"For it has been given to you, not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for his sake." (Phil 1:29)
"Because he wished to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival he rendered great service to those who through God's favor had believed," (Acts 18:27)
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—" (Eph 2:8) If Jesus died for each and every person, then the saved are so by their own doing!
"and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people; for not all have faith." (2Thess 3:2)
The definition of "the world" to mean every person who has or ever will live I find in no Greek-English lexicon. The 1987 Random House Unabridged Dictionary has 24 meanings listed for "world" but not the meaning of every person in the world. The scriptures let us know what it mean in John 3:16 and 1 John 2:2 as in the following:
"For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things." (Matt 6:32)
For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. (Luke 12:30) Here the Gentiles are the nations of "the world" in contrast to "you" the Jews.
"So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their stumbling means riches for "the world", and if their defeat means riches for Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! ...For if their rejection is the reconciliation of "the world", what will their acceptance be but life from the dead!" (Rom 11:11-12, 15)
In John 3 Nicodemus is labeled a v1, "Pharisee", "a ruler of the Jews" and v10, "a master of Israel" so he would think the Messiah came only for the Jews, their Messiah. Jesus shows that God loved all nations, not just Israel.
In 1 John 2:2 we have the same situation. 1 John starts with John writing that "we" which are the Jews, the apostles; and than after 2:2, John describes who he is writing to: "Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. (1John 2:7) Again John is showing Jews that Christ came to save the elect non-Jews as well as the elect Jews.