Subject: Is Limited Atonement Bibical? |
Bible Note: Dear Brother Zackt, A hearty Amen to your statement about those essentials of the faith we both love and believe. But you know me well enough to realize, if I do not agree on the validity of your scripture proofs as they apply to the question at hand, I will offer my opinion on why they do not apply. I guess I'm just a hard-headed calvinist (Ha, Ha). Let me begin by pointing out that Sherimiah's prophecy in (2Chr 12:5) is addressed to the princes of Judah. Not to the elect of Israel. Do you recall Pauls discription of who God's People are? (Rom 9:6-8) But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but:"THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED." That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants. It's getting late I'll finish tommorro, God willing. Brother John |