Featured Misapplied verses

But in Jn.3:16 it does, so your emotional pitch went wide of the strike zone.

 

The world, as in 'the arrangement' set forth by God:

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spake I nothing. Jn 18:20

 

man, what a God. He loves, but He will destroy what He is said to love.
what I understand is He redeemed, and preserved, whatever or whoever it is He declared to love.
If in John 3:16, He gave His only begotten Son to or for all humanity, then what a waste since there are those in that humanity He gave His Son to who still end up damned in hell.
oh, yeah, yeah, I know, it was their choice, not His.
still, what a waste.

 

Yes, it is a tragic waste. So spend your time on Earth proclaiming the Gospel, and help eliminate some waste.