Limited Atonement EXPOSED!

By David J. Stewart
 

I am going to give you a Bible verse that IRREFUTABLY proves that Jesus died for ALL mankind, and NOT just for the church.  Many foolish believers have bought into lie that Jesus didn't die for those who go to Hell.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Jesus Christ shed His blood for ALL mankind.  2nd Peter 2:1 clearly states...

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."

Did you read that? ... "Even DENYING THE LORD THAT BOUGHT THEM."  According to the Calvinist heresy of "limited atonement," Jesus only redeemed those whom He knew would one day get saved.  The Word of God never teaches limited atonement; on the contrary, the Bible states, "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."  How could anyone teach that Christ only died for certain sinners, when we're ALL sinners!

2nd Peter 2:1 is very clear ... Jesus, with His blood, bought false prophets too!  If I buy you a gift for your birthday, that doesn't mean you have to accept it.  If you wanted, for whatever reason, you could reject my gift and refuse to accept it.  This is exactly how salvation works.  Romans 5:15 calls salvation a "free gift."  Again we read in Romans 6:23 that eternal life is a "gift," paid for by Jesus' blood.  God put forth salvation to mankind as a free gift, and all He asks of us is that we believe upon His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be saved eternally.

The whole concept of God's love for mankind is that "...while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).  For Calvinists to claim that Jesus only died for the saved, is to say that Jesus didn't love unsaved people enough to suffer the cross for them, or to die for them.  1st John 3:16 reads, "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."  Think about how selfish and cold it would be if God said to lost sinners ... "I'll love you enough to die for you, IF you accept me as your Saviour; BUT, if you reject me, then I don't love you enough to suffer for you, and you mean nothing to me."  Was it not Jesus Himself who said in Matthew 5:26, "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?"  Only an ignorant or malicious person would teach limited atonement in lieu of Christ's plain teachings.  Jesus would not contradict His teachings on love, by only loving those who love Him first.  In contrast, 1st John 4:19 declares, "We love him, because he first loved us."  The whole idea of limited atonement is absurd.

If Jesus didn't die for unsaved people, then how can we preach the love of God to them?  No, Jesus died for ALL humanity, saved or unsaved, just as John 3:16 proclaims...

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."