The World God so Loved !

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Jesus said this Matt 19:26

26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

 

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Did Jesus say it was impossible for the rich young ruler to be saved ?

 

If we look closely at the words of scripture, it is more proof that the rich young ruler was an elect and later became a believer in Christ, though scripture is silent, yet it is presumption either way to declare him saved or lost. However more hints of scripture would lend itself to him being an elect and being led to faith by His Gracious Saviour. Its no doubt that Jesus Loved him, that in itself is a major clue, since Jesus is God, and God chastens all whom He Loves, so does Christ Rev 3:18-19

18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Notice whose speaking here, its Jesus, the one who Loved the rich young ruler. Now the God Man says He Chastens as many as He Loves ! He Loved the young rich ruler Mk 10:21-22


21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

Notice that what the Saviour said to him made him grieve, other scriptures say made him very sorrowful, in other words, it was deeply felt !

Now as stated, those who Jesus loves He Chastens and since Jesus is God, of which Jesus alluded to with the rich young ruler when He asked him this Matt 19:17

17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Since Jesus is God, Heb 12 says this about everyone God Loveth Heb 12:5-8

5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Now, notice, God's Chastening makes them He Loves feel grevious !

Why is that important to know ? Because what the Lord told the rich young ruler , Who Jesus Loved, it was very grevious to him. Notice the scripture said , it was grevious to him Mk 10:22

22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

Lk said this Lk 18:23

23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

Notice, God inspired him to write VERY SORROWFUL ! Now this word sorrowful is the greek word perilypos and means:


very sad, exceedingly sorrowful

2) overcome with sorrow so much as to cause one's death

Now this word is made from the root word lypē which means:


sorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction

a) of persons mourning

And this is the same word used in Heb 12:11

11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

You see that ? Jesus caused him grief, Jesus words to him were a chastening affliction to him, because Jesus Loved him scripture said, and whom the Lord Loveth, He chasenteth, which is a evidence of Sonship.

I believe that what we have with that story of the rich young rulers encounter with Jesus, was the beginning of His Saviour's goodness to him , leading him to repentance..

I already know many will disagree, but nevertheless, there is scriptural support for this conclusion.

Jesus who is God Loved Him, pointed out his fault, caused him grief as a evidence of His Chastening Love !, nevertheless it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them that are exercised thereby !

 

Jn 3:16 tells us of God's Love for the world, but never specifically states that God loved all mankind as individuals without exception, that has been read into the text by those who care little about the Truth of God.

And such a verse as Jn 3:16

16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Must and should be explained by other verses of scripture that speaks on the same subject as God's Love of People.

First lets look at at an OT scripture that speaks to God's Love to a People Deut 7:6-8

6For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

8But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

We find here something extremely important about an immutable God and His Love. That God's Love is set upon a people He chooses look at Deut 7:7

7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

Notice too that His Love is set upon the fewest of all people.. This should be a big eye opener for us, God Loves not the masses of mankind, for those He Loves are the few of mankind.

Remember Jesus stated about finding the road that leads to life that few find it Matt 7:13-14

13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Those few, are and will be those God Loved.. So God so loved the world, means He loved a few , chosen ones in the world, His own special ones.

Jn 13:1

1Now 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, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

The jews would have known from deut 7 that God's Love was exclusive for only some, but what they did not know was that some was not limited to them, for God loved some as well of different people groups, outside of their race; but His Love was nevertheless limited to a certain people, but just not to a limited location or race, it was the world at large that this special loved and certain people would be located..
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Thats the Church God is speaking to, not Israel according to the Flesh, because Israel according to the flesh are not the Children of God Rom 9:8

8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

God's Love is centered in the Lord Jesus Christ and the Chosen in Him. Rom 8:39

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

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And People. Easu was an person Rom 9:13

13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

And Esau here means he as an individual and as represenative of a nation of people..In case you did not know, a nation is comprised of more than just individual..

 

Why you ask me that ? If Ninevah was Elect. God does not Love anyone He did not choose in Christ before the foundation of the world !