Reformationist said:
If you are inclined, feel free to post Scriptural support for your position.
Thanks for your participation,
God bless
It's what we live for.
To put things in perspective, Lorraine Boettner wrote my favorite lines from all his writings:
Let there be no misunderstanding at this point. The Arminian limits the atonement as certainly does the Calvinist. The Calvinist limits the
extent of it in that he says it does not apply to all persons...while the Arminian limits the
power of it, for he says that it in itself does not actually save anybody. The Calvinist limits it qualitatively but not quantitatively; the Arminian limits it qualitatively but not quantitatively... As a matter of fact, the Arminian places more severe limitations on the work of Christ that does the Calvinist. (153)
To be precise, no matter what belief you hold, you cannot escape believing in a limited atonement.
By His knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. -Isaiah 53:11
And she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. -Matthew 1:21
Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. -Matthew 20:28
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. -Matthew 26:28
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. -Mark 10:45
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. -John 10:11
Therefore, take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord and God which He purchased with His own blood. -Acts 20:28
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word. -Ephesians 5:25
Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. -Titus 2:14
So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. -Hebrews 9:28
The key is who Christ died for. As for the verses that say all or world, those two words are used figuratively more often than any others that I know. For example, see John 12:19 or Luke 2:1. These read: The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him! , etc. TI's simply a way of saying that the elect that will be saved is a braod number from all over the world.
The real issue here is what denying limited atonement does to your belief about the atonement and work and person of Jesus Christ. It changes the way you look at the powre and sovereignty of God. Did God or didn't he succeed at what He intended to do wholeheartedly? TTYL Jesus loves you!