Subject: Is Limited Atonement Bibical? |
Bible Note: Greetings John! Are you related to the former president? :-) We will be hard pressed to come up with a short, or easy, definition of 'Atonement'. I don't really like the "at-one-ment" approach. The basic meaning seems to be: "the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross, whereby He appeased God's wrath and reconciled the world to Himself." I'm sure I have left something out of this definition, but I tried! :-) All of the verses which deal with the atonement make it universal in extent. It was for all men. Again, there simply aren't any verses which say that He did not atone for some, thus I can't accept a limited atonement. It is good though to have a new friend on the forum. Don't put yourself down! Your posts have been well written. I look forward to interacting with you more in the future. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |