I'm not here go start arguments and fights or anything. I just want to understand Calvinism better. I considered myself a calvinist for a long time, but I realized I don't even understand it or know much about it.
I read this article online: Is the atonement of Christ unlimited?
Here's a quote from that article that I'd like to get help with:
Correct me if I'm wrong (prolly am), but does a Calvinist say something like this when explaining the gospel to non-believers, "Jesus died for sinners, his sacrifice is so valuable that it has the ability to cover the sins of the whole world if only the whole world would trust him as their savior, but he died only for the elect, and if you put your trust in him, then you will be one of the elect for whom he died."
I read this article online: Is the atonement of Christ unlimited?
Here's a quote from that article that I'd like to get help with:
So I'm looking for an explanation of how is it that a Calvinist preaches the gospel... can he say "Jesus died for your sins!"? If he can't, what does he say instead, how does he explain the gospel to non-believers?Furthermore, the Arminian/Wesleyan believes that a God-limiting atonement is devastating to the gospel message. How can an evangelist preach that Christ died for you if Christ did not indeed die for all? There is a complete lack of confidence, they say, in making the statement to any one person that Christ died for them because the evangelist has no real idea if (given a God-limiting atonement) that is really the case.
Correct me if I'm wrong (prolly am), but does a Calvinist say something like this when explaining the gospel to non-believers, "Jesus died for sinners, his sacrifice is so valuable that it has the ability to cover the sins of the whole world if only the whole world would trust him as their savior, but he died only for the elect, and if you put your trust in him, then you will be one of the elect for whom he died."