The Propitiation for Our Sins
I John 2:1-2
by John A. Kohler, III

Does I John 2:1-2 teach that Jesus Christ the righteous is the propitiation for the sins of every individual human being who has ever and will ever live on the face of the earth? Does this passage teach that He is the propitiation for the sins of both Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Moses and Pharaoh, and the Pharisee and the Publican? The answer to these questions is a resounding, “No!”

I. Christ cannot be the propitiation for the sins of every individual human being because of the meaning of the word ‘propitiation.’
 

II. Christ cannot be the propitiation for the sins of every individual human being because of the meaning of the words ‘whole world.’
 

III. Christ is the propitiation for the sins of the whole human race without distinction, not every individual human being without exception.
 

“Christ was not offered as a propitiation for any who would ultimately go to Hell and be punished for their sins. If Christ died as a propitiation for the sins of every individual without exception then He appeased the wrath of God for all men, which logically leads to the acceptance of a universal salvation.” Tom Ross 

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