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Intro
· Greeting: Welcome to Made New, I am [Name, Title, Church], I am [Name, Title, Church] and I am [Name, Title, Church].
We are three local pastors striving to teach you theology and help you apply it to your life.
· State Subject: Limited atonement
· Transition: What is limited atonement Ryan?
Three Views
1. God sent Jesus to redeem everybody (this is universalism which means that everybody will be saved).
This view is obviously un-Biblical.
2. God sent Jesus to redeem everyone who would believe (have faith) and take advantage of Christ’s work.
This is the view of Arminians who believe that Christ’s death was potential atonement, not actual atonement.
3. God sent Jesus to redeem only the elect (the church).
This is the reformed view whereby we believe that Christ’s death was an actual atonement.
Since most would agree that universalism is unbiblical, we must choose between whether or not that the atonement of Christ is limited in its effect (makes atonement possible) or its extent (makes atonement actual)
Question: For Whom did Jesus die?
Everyone?
There’s something healthy and unhealthy about that response.
What’s healthy is that those who believe that have their eyes on the world.
It does away with an elitist type of attitude.
What’s unhealthy is that it fails to understand what Christ actually accomplished on the cross.
It fails to properly define what atonement means.
Looking at a few definitions:
atonement - the reconciliation of God and man through the sacrificial death of Jesus.
redeem - to buy back:
propitiation - satisfaction of God’s demands; from an old English word, propitiate, which means “to appease”
So, to figure out whether the atonement is limited in its effect or extent, we must ask what was accomplished on the cross.
Did Jesus possibly pay for sin and appease God’s wrath, or did he actually do these things?
Now, we need to ask another question.
Did Jesus die for everyone in the same way?
That is, did Jesus’ death accomplish the same for those who are saved and those who are finally lost?
Here's the problem with saying Christ died for all the same way he died for his bride.
If Christ died for the sins of those who are finally lost, the same way he died for the sins of those who are finally saved, then what are the lost being punished for?
Were their sins covered and canceled by the blood of Jesus or not?
We Christians say, "Christ died for our sins" (1 Corinthians 15:3).
And we mean that his death paid the debt those sins created.
His death removed the wrath of God from me.
His death lifted the curse of the law from me.
His death purchased heaven for me.
It really accomplished those things!
But what would it mean to say of an unbeliever in hell that Christ died for his sins?
Would we mean that the debt for his sins was paid?
If so, why is he paying again in hell?
Would we mean that the wrath of God was removed?
If so, why is the wrath of God being poured out on him in punishment for sins?
So, the question we should be asking is: What was the intention of the Father in sending his son to die?
If we can agree on the intention, then we can agree on the extension.
John 10, Jesus lays down his life for his sheep.
2 Corinthians 5 Jesus reconciles us to God.
John 17 – Jesus does not pray for the world
These verses, and many more like them, prove that the Father’s intention was to reconcile a people to himself.
Therefore, the atonement accomplishes this for those whom God has elected to ‘give’ to his Son.
Objections:
Christ did die for all in the same way, some just choose not to believe.
Conclusion
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