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1 | universalism? | Luke 23:34 | YenIsaRap | 218957 | ||
Dear Brad I'm sorry, but I have to say I totally disagree with your quote as far as who Jesus was praying for. "Jesus evidently is praying for the Roman soldiers, who were only obeying, but not for the Sanhedrin." This statement of Mr. Robertson's is rather limiting considering the work Jesus accomplished, in reading the prophesy of Isaiah 53:10-12 where Jesus v.10 becomes an offering for sin, v.11 by His knowledge He shall justify many, v.12 He was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. All three of these verses indicate Jesus was asking forgiveness for all mankind, for all time. For even we today do not know what we have done. In Him YenIsaRap |
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2 | universalism? | Luke 23:34 | stjohn | 218968 | ||
Dear YenIsa, These are sometimes difficult concepts to understand, but what shall we say of the members of the Sanhedrin that blasphemed against the Holy Spirit by attributing Jesus' power to the Devil? (John 10:20) Matt 12:31b " but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven." Also in light of John 17:9 and all of chapter 17 we can see that Jesus does not pray for the whole world, only for those who the Father has given Him. See also John 10:26 wherein Jesus tells the Pharisees unequivocally that they are not His sheep. Also, Isaiah does not say all, but many. There is a big difference between "all" and "many". So the Scriptures used here do not really support the forgiveness of the sins of all men, (consider too the son of perdition) though the work done by Jesus on the cross did indeed "atone" for all sin, it does not imply however, nor do I think we can infer from Scripture that all sin of all men will be forgiven, so it seems unlikely that Jesus would pray for those who will not be forgiven because they have already committed and are indeed guilty of commiting the unforgivable sin. Besides being futile, it's getting a little close to universalism. John |
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