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1 | When is all not all? | 1 John 2:2 | Makarios | 6805 | ||
Dear brother Tim, I am in exact agreement! Yes, these verses demonstrate the love of God, how He holds out His hand to all humanity, even though He sovereignly knows who will respond and who will not. And yes, that is the worst tragedy of all- that many will be lost! I am willing to only view the verses in which you have stated (which is Ok with me!), since you originally intended to limit the scope of verses as to focus on this single concept.. But I could also suggest Luke 19:10, John 1:29, John 4:42, 1 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 2:9 and Romans 5:18, even though we both know that there are plenty of verses that merely say 'friends' or 'many people' or 'the church'- which would seem to support limited atonement. So the question that we come to, since it is evident that there are verses that seem to speak of both limited and unlimited atonement, is: Is there any way to reconcile the two? Is there any way to read both 'sets' of verses in a harmonius way without sounding contradicting? I believe that seemingly restrictive references can be logically fit into an unlimited scenario much more easily than universal references can be made to fit into a limited scenario. No one denies that Christ died for God's 'sheep' and His 'people'. It is only refuted that Christ died exclusively for them. Certainly if Christ died for the whole of humanity, there is no logical problem in saying that He died for a specific part of the whole.I think that I should stop right there- to avoid 'raising the ire' of those who think differently on this issue. I have already grossly mishandled this issue once (Romans 5:6 thread), and I do not want to ruin your thread and your discussion.. :-)Thanks again dear Brother in Christ!Nolan Keck | ||||||
2 | When is all not all? | 1 John 2:2 | Morant61 | 6808 | ||
Greetings Nolan! Everyone is more than welcome to participate! In Christ, Tim Moran |
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