Is there anyone here that knows how to read? Honestly this surface level, single sentence exegesis is embarrassing. You call yourselves Christian's and you cannot even read the Bible properly? Let's try this again.
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."
John 3:13-21 ESV
See? Plain as day. The phrase 'whoever believes' is the Greek word πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων (pas o pisteuon) and it is more accurately rendered "all that believe" or all the believing ones. In this passage Christ gives us two classes of people. Believers and non-believers. He calls believers the "cosmos" or world. Those are who he is sent for. He was not sent to condemn them, but to save them. They are loved.
Then IN THE VERY NEXT SENTENCE he tells us about a different group. The non believing ones. They are CONDEMNED ALREADY. it is the opposite for them. They are not loved, they are not sent for, they are not sought. They are CONDEMNED already. John uses the present tense for both groups to show that they are distinct. He describes them in opposite was. Jesus here is making his teaching very very clear. He came for His people, the believing ones. They are whom God loves. The other group isn't. That's calvinism. Plain and simple. You can sit here all day and say we are twisting the scriptures, but YOU are the one twisting. You quote single sentences and make to attempt to interpret them in their context. You plainly ignore THE VERY NEXT SENTENCE so that you can hide from the truth taught there. I've seen your posts and others like you on here that want to say the big mean calvinist' are saying mean and nasty things. We are the bad guys. Well I'll say this. I've shown CLEARLY AND IN CONTEXT that your reading of this passage is wrong. You have quoted a single sentence. I've shown that you are slandering calvinists, and I'd like to hear an apology. I've shown that you have twisted the scriptures out of context. For that you everyone on here an apology. I'll await your response.
May God be the Judge
