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John 3:16

9. Composite of spirit born children: John 1:9 “That was the true Light, which light-

eth every man that cometh into the world.”

10. World of those chosen and the world of those not chosen: John 15:19 “If ye were
of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I

have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” Notice that those
chosen are not of the world under consideration.

11. Those whom Christ refused to pray for: John 17:9 “I pray for them: I pray not for

the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.”

12. Non-elect: Rev. 13:3 “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;
and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.” Rev.

13:8 “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not writ-
ten in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” These
verses separate the world of the non-elect from the world of the elect.

The common belief is that the world in John 3:16 is all of humanity. However, if it
can be shown that there are people that God did not love then the commonly held
belief would be proven wrong. Paul taught the sovereignty of God in election in
Romans chapter 9. Here he also showed that there is a people that God loved and a

people that God hated: Rom. 9:10 “And not only this; but when Rebecca also had
conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; 11 (For the children being not yet born,
neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election
might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) 12 It was said unto her, The elder

shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I
hated.”

Very plainly, the above passage tells us that God loved Jacob and that he hated Esau.

Now, some people say that God loves us until we reject him, then he hates us. How-
ever, the above passage tells us that God loved Jacob and hated Esau before they were
yet born or had done any good or any evil. We can safely conclude that God’s love
of Jacob and his hatred of Esau was not based on any good or any evil that either boy

had done. Moreover, since God’s dealings with Jacob and Esau represent God’s pur-
pose according to election, then we are forced to the conclusion that God loved those
that he chose and hated those that he did not choose.