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No, I'm not.
ALL have sinned, Romans 3:23.
Christ died for sinners, Romans 5:8.
Where does it say that there are some sinners for whom Christ has not died?
Where does it say that God made humans in his image, but chose to only love and save some of them?
"All have sinned" and "Christ died for sinners" does not translate logically to Christ died for ALL sinners. Furthermore, supposing in some meaning of the use, that Christ did die for all sinners, this does not therefore mean that Christ intended to save all, but to OFFER salvation. And that offer would be valid if he never intended to save those of whom it was known from the foundation of the world that they would reject it.
Or are you limiting the power of his atonement, in that he paid for the sins of some, but finally they must pay for it, too, rendering his payment un-effectual? "Efficiency" is one of the most troubling problems for "free-will"ers...
But to the point of Scriptures on the subject, Romans 9: …20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? 22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?…
FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? John Owen
The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the Son underwent punishment for either:
1) All the sins of all men;
2) All the sins of some men; or
3) Some of the sins of all men.
In which case it may be said:
1) If the last be true all men have some sins to answer for, and so none are saved;
2) That if the second be true, then Christ, in their stead suffered for all the sins of the elect in the whole world, and this is the truth;
3) But if the first is the case, why are not all men free from the punishment due unto their sins? You answer, Because of unbelief. I ask, Is this unbelief a sin, or is it not? If it be, then Christ suffered the punishment due unto it, or He did not. If He did, why must that hinder them more than their other sins for which He died? If He did not, He did not die for all their sins!
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