ATONEMENT LIMITED by Jay Adams
All the Christians believe in the limited atonement.
"No", you say. “I not!
Since we are going to see. You believe that God has the desire of which they all are safe.
“Surely yes.”
Do you believe that God has the power to save all the men?
“Skylight that yes.”
Then: why are not all the men all safe ones?
“Because some of them do not believe.”
Does it mean, then that He limits its own power to save doing that it depends on the will of the man to believe?
“Good...”
We are going to pass further on. Did not it join really the atonement to God with the man, or yes?
“What does it mean with that?”
That Christ's death really did not expiate the sin of the whole world, removing the fault of the way and joining it with God.
“Very well, not. But it did the possible atonement for all.”
So, you admit that Jesus's atonement was limited only to those who believe for salvation. If what He did really will be expiated by it and not merely it was making the salvation possible, then, they all would be safe. If He paid the hardship for the sins of all, each one would go to the sky because his sins would be paid. God might not have punished Christ and the not creyen - you if the sins of the above mentioned were already full. This would be to receive the same account two times.
“If, but Jesus did the possible salvation for all.”
This way, that, if not all the men are safe:
1. What Jesus did in the cross was limited by the man; not for all, since only the sins of the believers are excused.
2. What Jesus did in the cross was limited in his power to save.
3. What Jesus did in the cross was ineffective (limited) in his effectiveness.
4. What Jesus did in the cross was limited (incompletely) because it needs of the man to make it effective.
If the Arminianos are correct, Jesus's death does not save to any. His atonement was for nobody. This is the Doctrine of the Entire Limitation! It is limited in what it can do because it depends on that the man creates to make her effective. It was partially (limited) in his effects. The Arminianos believe in an atonement that is limited in his power to save.
The Calvinists, on the other hand, believe that Christ's death was effective and, that in fact, there achieves the salvation of all those for which He died. There is no waste in the atonement, it is effective for all the elected ones. None of those for which Christ died gets lost. All those that He tried to save will be safe because Christ's death really achieved it instead of simply putting it at his disposal.
Taken of Institute for Nouthetic Studies
Translated by Milton Villanueva
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