The whole world is gone after
him.' Did all the world go after Christ? 'Then went all Judea, and were
baptized of him in Jordan.' Was all Judea, or all Jerusalem baptized in
Jordan? 'Ye are of God, little children', and 'the whole world
lieth in the wicked one.' Does 'the whole world' there mean everybody?
If so, how was it, then, that there were some who were 'of God?' The
words 'world' and 'all' are used in some seven or eight senses in
Scripture; and it is very rarely that 'all' means all persons, taken
individually. The words are generally used to signify that Christ has
redeemed some of all sorts—some Jews, some Gentiles, some rich, some
poor, and has not restricted his redemption to either Jew or Gentile."
--(Charles H. Spurgeon, Particular Redemption, A Sermon, 28 Feb 1858).