Scripture Teaches that He died specifically for the Church !
Eph 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it[The Church];
There's simply not a more clearer declaration of scripture, that specifically designates the Church as the Object of Christs Love [See Jn 15:9,12-13] and this indicates that the disciples of Christ were part of His Church He Loved and gave Himself for Eph 5:25 , and His Church in Eph 5:25 is compared to a Wife, for Vs 25 comes at the heel of Eph 5:23-24
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Which Indicates that the Church is Christ's Wife, He is its Head, as the husband to the wife, this is true, or what purpose would this Illustration serve ?
This also confirms that Christ gave Himself as a Head of the Church, His Wife.
Eph 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it[The Church];
There's simply not a more clearer declaration of scripture, that specifically designates the Church as the Object of Christs Love [See Jn 15:9,12-13] and this indicates that the disciples of Christ were part of His Church He Loved and gave Himself for Eph 5:25 , and His Church in Eph 5:25 is compared to a Wife, for Vs 25 comes at the heel of Eph 5:23-24
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Which Indicates that the Church is Christ's Wife, He is its Head, as the husband to the wife, this is true, or what purpose would this Illustration serve ?
This also confirms that Christ gave Himself as a Head of the Church, His Wife.