Bible Question:
Before I ask my question, I would first like to provide you with some personal back-ground information concerning myself. When I first received Christ into my heart and life, God instilled within me a hunger and a thirst to read His written word. I just couldn't get enough of it. I began attending a Reformed church, and adopted all their beliefs as my beliefs. I read Calvin, and others of the reformed faith, and was in unity with their thinking. But the more I read God's word and allowed God's Holy Spirit to teach me from His word, the harder and harder it became for me to any longer accept the teachings of Calvinism represented within TULIP. Today I especially have trouble accepting the "L" of TULIP which stands for "Limited Atonement" So my question is: Do you personally believe "Limited Atonement is Bibical, or not? And why not. What Scripture do you use to support your beliefs. I know this is a highly and hotly debated topic, but I think it is one that with some discipline on our part, can be fairly discussed In Christ zach† |
Bible Answer: Dear Brother Zacht, As you have probably noticed, I have been posting the majority of my resooses to Tim Moran. In no way was this meant to be a slight to you. I am a "newbie" to the forum and I hope you will chalk up my apparent discourtesy to my ignorance of proper protocal. I am very grateful that you posed this question for it has proved to be a tremendous benefit to me personally. In my attempt to defend the scriptual basis of Limited Atonement, I discovered holes in my own understanding of it. If it appears as if I have shifted ground somewhat from my earlier posts on the topic, it is because I was made aware of my mistakes and have been trying to discover the truth and praying for the enlightenment that Christ has promised us: John 8:32 "and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." God bless you bother Zacht, John "John Refomed" Adams |