God Loved the World (fallen mankind) in this way...

because you cannot answer it

 

By God the Father calling him out of unbelief unto belief giving him the Spirit of Truth and he thus believes Jesus is, the Christ, the Son of God raised from the dead..

MHO

Not worth much but is what it is.

I believe Paul, according to 1 Tim 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief, was going down the road to Damascus in unbelief, dead to God, to do the so stated things when God the Father through his Son Jesus called him, showing him he was blind both in spirit and in the flesh and translated him unto belief, by giving him the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit.

 

OK, it appears he's using his own, "Van Tran":

 

What is a preposition?

Is it not that which pre - positions (governing, showing the relationship) of one noun to another element in the sentence called the object?

The use of the preposition between "whosoever believes" and "him" has the verb found in "believes." The action is not found in the preposition, because both the noun and the object are stationary. The "whosoever" is shown in relationship to the "Him" and not in some action.

How is that relationship established? One believes.

It would be very appropriate then to discuss just what the word "believes" may involve, before one could undertake other discourse on the "whosoever" or how the "whosoever" is shown in relationship to "Him."

 

And yet Van probably has no idea why "eis" is used here instead of "en."

The Archangel

 

Matt 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

The, common denominator, answer, Matt 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more Heb 8:10-12

 

Does this make sense?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that h whosoever believeth in (into) him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

BTW I am seriously asking if that makes sense, for I am not sure? I wasn't the best English grammar student.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εἰς eis, ice; a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases:—(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, +continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, +perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), …ward, (where-)fore, with.

 

The answer lies here:



John 16:7-9
King James Version (KJV)

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;


The natural man cannot understand the spiritual things of God, and the Gospel heads that list. It is the ministry of the Comforter that ministers to the unbeliever (v.9), bringing conviction of sin (that we are sinful and separated from God), righteousness (that He is righteous), and judgment (that we are headed for eternal judgment). It is at that point that men respond, either yielding to the truth shown them by God, or rejecting Him (doing despite unto the Spirit of Grace, Hebrews 10:29).


God bless.

 

The King James calls Him God's "only begotten" Son. Anyway, how does a lost sinner "believe" on anything? The evolutionist believes in evolution, the Hindus believe they might come back as a cow(so they don't eat any) and Muslims(the sold-out fundamentalists anyway) believe so strongly in their false, man-made god that they're willing to strap bombs on and blow themselves to smithereens for him! Did "Allah" enable them to have such strong faith? No, he doesn't exist. What does then? God almighty put the capacity for faith in ALL human beings and it's up to us what we do with it. We all believe in something. Will you believe on Allah, Buddha, or SELF, or will you believe on Jesus? Hey, the Calvies are dead set on believing that God picked out a few for salvation and chose not to "enable" the rest. That's their prerogative! We all believe what WE choose. The thing is, God JUDGES all of our choices in the end.

 

It was addressed many times on multiple threads.

No humankind faith is so important that it can get God's attention that He credits them as righteous.

It is not human faith that initiates salvation.

In the rejection of the truth is the error exposed.

 

This has been answered multiple times in multiple threads.

Do you not like the answers?

Do you have difficulty understanding the answers?

 

Difficulty comes in John 3:16 when those who want to place some action of human volition into that which activates God's love.

God already loved that which did not love Him.

God already established the reconciliation with those who would not be reconciled.

God already established the reward of those who were reconciled.

The basic question then is who is reconciled to God?

Those who believe.

Who is not reconciled to God?

Those who do not believe.

Therefore, the question is not the matter of the word "In" but the word believe.

No one who was an unbeliever became a believer merely by changing their mind.

There must FIRST occur change of the very core in which all perspectives and all "truths" are formed has occurred.

No human has the authority within them self to make such a lasting change.

Rather, as Paul states, “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” and the RESULTS are belief, confession, and salvation.

John 3:16 declares that those that believe are in the relationship with God and that results in reward.

There is no "action" by those that believe, but the statement of the results of belief.

Again, the discussion should be upon the word "believe" and if one of their own self ability has the self authority to self generate some belief that gets God's attention.

Or, does the Word of God being both "In the heart" and "In the mouth" RESULT in belief and confession "about" salvation.

The same word for "In, into, about," is used in John 3:16 and Romans 10. It is a preposition used regularly in the NT.