Sovereign Grace Church

…He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, 
but also for the sins of the whole world

(1 John 2:2)

We see in this verse our brother John, rejoicing in the glorious gospel of our dear Lord Jesus Christ. He knows, as you do beloved, that our Lord gave His life as a ransom for all men. Not just elect men from among one nation, but elect men from among all nations. You see, while our Lord Jesus Christ did not die for the sins of all men without exception — He did die for the sins of all men without distinction; poor and rich, Jewish and non-Jewish. We read in the book of Revelations how our Lord was slain “and hast redeemed us to God by His blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation” (Revelation 5:9).

Are you not glad beloved? Our Heavenly Father didn’t just send His Son into the world to save an elect people from one nation, but rather an elect from all nations. Or as our Jewish brother John records it — “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). AMEN!