LIMITED ATONEMENT

Disagree: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." (Isa 53:5-6)

"Behold the LAMB OF GOD, which TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD." (John 1:29b).

"For when we were yet without strength, in due time CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY. " (Romans 5:6)

When Jesus cried from the cross "It is finished" He had paid for the sins of every person of every age. He suffered the full wrath and fury of a Holy God against sin and the sinless one uttered one of the most sorrwful questions of all time, "My God my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Every person who now or will inhabit hell is there with his sins paid for. Precisely the reason that rejecting Christ (unblief) is THE sin that dooms men to hell is that He suffered for them and they have said no to His gracious offer of cleansing from sin and the gift of eternal life.

When John the baptist said "Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world", he did not say "who takes away the sin of part of the world".

The word "limited" as a modifier of the word "atonement" doesn't sit well with my understanding of the nature of God. Will the man who holds to the doctrine of "limited atonement" tell me God loves those for whom the atonement is not available? And He proves His love by His eternal decree that they will suffer in hell forever?

"Whosoever will let him come" is inclusive and this statement alone says to the 5 point Calvinist "Go back and read your Bible again son, you missed who God is".

God's power is not limited, His love is not limited, His grace is not limited, and His atonement for sinners, purchased by the terrible price of His only begotten Son, is not limited either.

Grace and Peace,
Royce Ogle