1 John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Romans 3:25-26 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
1 John 5:19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
2 Corinthians 5:18-21 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.he world!
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Christ is a propitiation (make peace with God for us) through faith in his blood, the benefit of his propitiatory sacrifice is only received and enjoyed through faith; so that in the event it appears that Christ is a propitiation only for believers, a character which does not agree with all mankind; add to this, that for whom Christ is a propitiation he is also an advocate, 1 John 2:1 ; but he is not an advocate for every individual person in the world; yea, there is a world he will not pray for (John 17:9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours), and consequently is not a propitiation for them. (Gill)
The world is blind to sin and the need for Jesus Christ. One may think, because it says “but also for the sins of the whole world” that their sins are taken care of and there they rest. Seeing little if any need for Christ, but in the off chance there is a need, it has been taken care of. There is no conviction of sin, no need for forgiveness, no repentance, no trust, no reliance, no faith, no obedience, no new birth, no need for Jesus, no change in their life. All there is only a false belief that their sin was taken care of by Jesus because Jesus took away the sins of the whole world. The deceiver of the whole world – Satan, keeps deceiving them into falseness.
There is nothing more precious to the soul of any person than to come to the knowledge and understanding of their sin and the judgment (eternal torment in hell) and the grace, mercy, and love of God found in belief, trust, reliance, hope, and faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sin.
