Christ Died and Loved a Specifically Chosen (Elect) People
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.
Jesus Christ Himself says that He does not pray for the world. But He prays for those people which were given Him. A clear distinction is made between two types of people. One group Christ does not pray for. And the other which He does pray for.
Two groups of people as typified by Jacob and Esau. See:
Romans 9:11 (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.
We are told that the choice God made, before either was born and before either one of them had done good or evil – was made in relationship to God's "election program" (verse 11).
Obviously, according to the Bible, Christ did not die for all people in the world and does not love all people in the world. He died and loved a specifically chosen people (the elect) only.
Originally published on https://www.ebiblefellowship.org/biblenotes (note id 436)
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