I'm a Baptist; So if I could have some Baptist answers I'd appreciate it.
So my question is did Jesus die for the sins of the Gentiles are they considered part of the "world"
I know that God told Peter what God had made clean let no man call unclean.
But what scriptures can I refer to that prove He died for the Gentiles as part of the whole world.
If the Gentiles were never under the law then how are they freed from the law they were never under?
But if by freeing the Jews under their contract or Covenant through His death so that He can be Lord of all through the Spirit what did that look like in scripture.
With that said what did His death mean for the Gentiles and How?
It seems so that He could marry another.
So what does it mean That God loved the World?
"World"
My Notes
kjv
16 [For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.]
I'm going to try a few Ideals on to see how they fit.
First ideal:
God loved all His creation so He gave his son to die for those under the law to include all His creation to live in terms with His Spirit.
For if you live in terms of the Spirit you don't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
When Jesus kept His father's will He did not live for Himself He lived(PURPOSED) rather out Gods will. AND GOD IS SPIRIT
SO WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO LIVE IN TERMS OF THE SPIRIT?
MAYBE LIVING FOR GOD'S PURPOSES?
That would certainly make sense seeing that Willard talked about salvation in the aspect of being caught up in what God is doing now on earth.
That certainly would be a relationship.
It is true for many in how we would like to be in a relationship- the share in one another's lives by being caught up in what the other is doing.
Maybe that is why listening is a top priority in having relationships.
So back to St John 3:16 passage above:
Another Ideal I'd like to try on is substituting saved for having everlasting life.
So what is everlasting life?
Let's go to net.bible.org classic version and find out
Well this was a hard one...
Because the opposite of perish would be to stop perishing..
When a person is perishing they are in the state of dying until their dead.
So it would seem everlasting life would be the state in which they stop perishing. Maybe in this case in which they are given life. [Born from above]
The more interesting word in 3:16 is believeth
This word is in a continual state, which without looking it up I would think it means to continually believe.
What would you continually believe in Him for?
For Life, right?. To stop dying.(perishing) or to stop death.
Which seems to me restoration of the Spirit to Spirit communion.
The question is now when one is born they must continue in trusting Jesus for life?
So where is that actual Justification status? IS there really a status? If so is St.John 3:16 saying just that.
You have Been Given Everlasting Life as the state of perfection in order to live in accords to it.
Here's the thing, the scripture does not say stop perishing which would mean dying
It says perish which would mean die.
It sound like whoever continues to believe, put trust in Christ will stop themselves from death to be engulfed with the Spirit of Christ. Which in term is "everlasting life" the Person.
My thoughts of course-
Now that you have received the life or Spirit of Christ. We walk in steps with it by doing what is righteous.
So is this why anyone that does righteous is acceptable to God(my words) meaning Gentiles are not brought in by the law but through righteous acts. While the destruction of the old system enabled God to be A God to all?