I really do not want to interrupt your conversation with Pilgrim. However, it seems to me (among other things) that if your understanding of John 3:16 is correct, it contradicts other verses and passages such a John 6:37.
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"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out."


This verse touches on the question of predestination—the idea that God is the one who ultimately decides which persons are saved and which are not. See also John 6:44 & 65.

Tom

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