How about some meaningful exegesis? I believe that KOSMOS has several contextual meanings. It is different even among those proof texts you offered.
OK, let's consider John 3:16. The Adam's fall affected more than just mankind. The outer nature associated with the created universe was also totally corrupted by original sin. God could have destroyed all of His creation. But God continued to love the world whose underlying substance remained perfect. Instead, God gave His Son to save the created world corrupted by sin. And God ordained that,by the purchase of His Son, whosoever, of Adam's race, believes would receive eternal life.
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Allow me to ask, "if Christ has atoned for ALL sins, for ALL mankind, by what sin are men yet convicted?
Sin not imputed to Christ. Romans 4:24.
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You'll need to explain this one, please.
typo, John 6:51, I think.
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Your interpretation makes Christ a failure. If it was His intention to save the world, He has failed. If you mean to make salvable, you deny a vicarious sacrifice.
No, He saved the world by taking away the sins of the world. The atonement is a finished work whether the righteousness of Christ is ever imputed to the individual sinner or not.
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Which is it, speratus.......do you deny universalism or the vicarious nature of Christs death?
I deny universalism. Three things are necessary for man's justification before God: The mercy of God (election), the grace of Christ (vicarious atonement), and faith given by the Holy Spirit (righteousness of Christ imputed to the sinner).
