29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
These verses only apply to the elect. Those whom He foreknew refers to Gods foreknowledge of those He elected to save, and what follows is about how God deals with them. But they say nothing about atonement. They don't teach that Christ only atoned for the elect.
The following Scripture passages teach universal atonement and that salvation is offered to everyone:
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:17-21, ESV)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God". (John 3:16-18, ESV)
Its only because Calvinists have interpreted the word world (above) without any legitimate justification to mean the "elect" that they're blind to the truth that Christ atoned for everyone and offers salvation to everyone. Try in the above passages when you read the word world to imagine that this word actually refers to everyone and not just the elect, and then you'll see that salvation is offered to everyone and that it depends upon belief in Christ's atonement as to whether one is saved or not.
There is no insufficiency in the atonement to save but salvation depends upon faith, that is accepting that Christ has atoned for ones sins and not regarding Christs atonement for every individual as a fairy-story which one can dismiss as a load of rubbish which is how unbelievers view it.
If you were God and had sent your Son to atone for the sins of the world because you loved the world, but the majority of the inhabitants told you to go away as a stupid fool, would you still allow the atonement your Son had secured for everyone to be applied for the benefit of those miscreants who told you to go away as a stupid fool? Well God doesnt.
30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
These verses only apply to the elect. Those whom He foreknew refers to Gods foreknowledge of those He elected to save, and what follows is about how God deals with them. But they say nothing about atonement. They don't teach that Christ only atoned for the elect.
The following Scripture passages teach universal atonement and that salvation is offered to everyone:
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:17-21, ESV)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God". (John 3:16-18, ESV)
Its only because Calvinists have interpreted the word world (above) without any legitimate justification to mean the "elect" that they're blind to the truth that Christ atoned for everyone and offers salvation to everyone. Try in the above passages when you read the word world to imagine that this word actually refers to everyone and not just the elect, and then you'll see that salvation is offered to everyone and that it depends upon belief in Christ's atonement as to whether one is saved or not.
There is no insufficiency in the atonement to save but salvation depends upon faith, that is accepting that Christ has atoned for ones sins and not regarding Christs atonement for every individual as a fairy-story which one can dismiss as a load of rubbish which is how unbelievers view it.
If you were God and had sent your Son to atone for the sins of the world because you loved the world, but the majority of the inhabitants told you to go away as a stupid fool, would you still allow the atonement your Son had secured for everyone to be applied for the benefit of those miscreants who told you to go away as a stupid fool? Well God doesnt.
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