When Jesus died on the cross whom did he die for?
It is an interesting question mainly because our first response to it is to reply: everyone. And such a reply seems so right but at the same time we must evaluate it in light of the revelation of Scripture. So who does the Bible say Jesus died for? “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” Ephesians 5 v 25 In his letter to the Ephesians then Paul commands husbands to love their wives to the extent of being willing to die for them. But notice that Christ gave himself up (i.e. died) for the church. Christ did not die for everyone as our initial response would suggest but for his elect. “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10 v 14 – 15
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