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If I understand the word "vicarious," then the answer would be yes!

Q. For what reason did Jesus die?

A. "He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken." (Isaiah 53:8)



Q. For whom did Jesus die for?

A. "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:11)



Q. In Revelation 3:20, Jesus said "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." So who are the ones that will hear His voice?

A. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:" (John 10:27)



Q. To whom will Jesus give eternal life too?

A. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." (John 10:27-28)



Q. Who will be saved from their sins?

A. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21)



Q. Can a person who is not a sheep believe the Gospel?

A. "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you." (John 10:26)



Q. Can a person come to Jesus on his own free will alone from God?

A. "And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." (John 6:65)



Q. Who teaches men that Jesus is the Christ?

A. "When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven." (Mattew 16:13-17)



Q. Does everyone that is taught of the Father come to Jesus?

A. "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me." (John 6:45)



Q. Does God purposely reveal truth to some and with hold truth from others?

A. "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given." (Matthew 13:10-11)



Q. Why do believers love God?

A. "We love him, because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19)



Q. When did God first love us?

A. " According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" (Ephesians 1:4)



Q. Why has God chosen some and by past others?

A. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved." (Ephesians 1:4-6)



Q. By what authority does God do this?

A. "What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?" (Romans 9:14-24)



Q. The words "we" and "us" used in the New Testament refer to all of mankind or just believers?

A. The Scriptures were written by believers to believers. A distinction is made between believers and the rest of the world. The Word declares that we are not of the world, so in most, if not all, the words "we" and "us" refer to the elect of God and not to all of mankind.

"We love him, because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19)



Q. John 3:16 states "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." and doesn't this contradict the election of God?

A. No.


"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?" (Daniel 4:35)