Bible Question: Why do Arminians believe in an unlimited atonement. If God looked down the corridors of time and saw who would accept Christ then He knows all who will be saved. Wouldn't the atonement then be limited based on His knowledge of those who accepted Him? |
Bible Answer: Actually, limited atonement is tied to the Calvinist proposistion that God didn't merely respond to his foreseeing who would be saved and who would not, but rather God actively chose (predestined) some of humanity to be saved (Epehesians 1:11, for example) and left some to justly be punished for their sins. It is an interesting question you bring up if one is an Arminian. It would seem that Christ dying for only the sins of those he knew would accept him would in effect be "closing the door" from a temporal perspective, no? --Joe! |