Whole world salvation
I invite the whole world
to turn to me and be saved.
I alone am God!
No others are real. ~ Isaiah 45:22 (CEV)
Christ died as the sacrificial means by which our sins are forgiven. And he didn't just die for us! His death canceled out the impact of the sins of everyone in the whole world. ~ 1 John 2:2 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
Through Christ everyone in the world can be rescued from their sins and sinfulness.
PRAYER:
Lord, my vision is too short. I get excited about how through the cross and resurrection you saved me from my sinfulness. But that's where it ends. I know that Jesus died for the whole world but I act as though he died only for me. Refresh, please, my vision so that I can see the millions who need to hear about how they can experience forgiveness and reconciliation with you through Jesus. I'm going to become a Jesus follower with a vision for the whole world. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
