I responded carefully to your post.
Did you read it?
Listen,
@Arthur81..
I can teach you, but i can't learn it for you.
Jesus said that if "I be lifted up (Crucified) i will draw ALL to me (Men-women- humans)
"ALL" means......"everyone'........."the World".
Same as this verse..
Jesus said....>"
ALL that believe in me......i give unto them eternal life and they shall never go to Hell (perish)".
See, a Calvinst like you, sees "ALL" and "WORLD" and just like your Satanic Leader, you say...>"nah.....it does not mean ALL, it means "elect'.
Un huh.
Right.
Behold, again you evaded the question of how you know "world" in John 3:16 means every person without exception. Since you are unable to support your claim, I will support my view of the word "world".
I KNOW "world" in John3:16 cannot mean every individual without exception. Knowing this I can study to get a good idea of what John did mean by the word "world" here.
1. Scripture clearly states that God hated Esau, by name -
"Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." (Rom 9:13 ASV) That is quoted from Mal 1:3
This in itself keeps John 3:16 from meaning every person without exception.
2. Scripture clearly states that God hates certain type of sinners -
"There are six things which Jehovah hateth...A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren." (Prov 6:19 ASV)
I do not read that Jehovah hated the sin but loved the sinner! That is good for mortals us to practice but this is not what is here said of God.
3. Scripture elsewhere uses "world" when it obviously does not mean every man without exception.
"For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world." (John 7:4 ASV)
"First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world." (Rom 1:8 ASV)
"If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." (John 15:19 ASV)
In none of these three can world mean every individual who ever lives without exception
4. This same Apostle John writes in Revelation what seems to be his meaning in John 3:16 -
"And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;" (Rev 5:9 KJV)
5. The word "world" is used with the meaning of Gentiles in the following -
"But I speak to you that are
Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of
Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them. For
if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?" (Rom 11:13-15 ASV)
6. Jesus in John chapter 3 is talking with Nicodemus, a Jew
V1, he was a "man of the Pharisees" and a "ruler of the Jews"
V10, Jesus called him "the teacher of Israel".
It is clear it is being emphasized Nicodemus's standing as a proud Jew, and they thought they were the only people of God, the only chosen race. It appears Jesus is letting him know that "God so loved" not only Jews but the world of people as John described it as above in Rev. 5:9
Once I know what an individual verse means, I can then associate it with other scriptures to get a fuller understanding of a topic. I am bound to 'proof text', not 'spoof text'.
Do not misunderstand, I do NOT know who God has written in the Lamb's Book of Life before the time of creation, so I cannot speak to individuals from MY knowledge!