WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM John 3:16 MUST BE THE BIBLE’S MOST QUOTED AND MISUSED OR MISUNDERSTOOD VERSE. DISSECT THE VERSE: FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THE OBJECT OF THE LOVE OF GOD HERE IS THE WORLD, PEOPLE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO ALWAYS ASSUME THAT THE GREEK WORD (world) kosmos (Strong’s 2889) TO mean the WHOLE HUMAN RACE. God used this Greek word WORLD in at least EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS. 1. THE PHYSICAL WORLDS: Act 17:24 God that made THE WORLD AND ALL THINGS THEREIN ….. 2. NON JEWISH RACES WORLD: Rom 11:12 Now if the FALL OF THEM [be] the riches of the WORLD, and the DIMINISHING OF THEM the RICHES OF THE GENTILES; …… 3. THE HUMAN RACE WORLD. Rom 3:19 Now we know that what things so ever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and ALL THE WORLD may become guilty before God 4. OUR PLANET EARTH WORLD: Joh 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should DEPART OUT OF THIS WORLD unto the Father,… 5. THE NON ELECT WORLD: Joh 15:18 If THE WORLD HATE YOU, …….. 6. THE WORLD SYSTEM: Joh 12:31 Now is the JUDGMENT OF THIS WORLD: …… 7. THE ROMAN WORLD: Luk 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that ALL THE WORLD should be taxed. 8. TRUE BELIEVERS’ WORLD: 2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation; THE WORD ‘WORLD’ DOES NOT ALWAYS MEANS ‘THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE WITHOUT EXCLUSION’ but has a DIFFERENT MEANING DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT. Thus, to whom THE WORD ‘WORLD’ REFERS TO IN JOHN 3:16? ONLY to THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN HIM, both Jews and Gentiles. But who are THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN HIM? WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
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