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Hello, fools! I’m back to talk to you about the doctrine of Limited Atonement, you dig?

First things first. What atonement are we talkin’ about? We talkin’ about the atonement made by Jesus when he died on the cross in our place. By his death, we were given salvation. This was necessary because our sin is a big deal and rightfully separates us from a just & holy God. Paul talks about this in Romans 3:25-26, “…whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” Since God is holy, he can’t let suckas off the hook and act like they sin never happened. That’s why Jesus stepped up to be punished for our sins. Our sins don’t just disappear, they’re paid for one way or another. By Christ, or by an eternity in hell.

OK, so unless you some kind of super-fool, you understand just what the atonement is. Christ’s death on the cross for the sake of our salvation from our sins. The questions some fools wonder about is just how far reaching that atonement is. Was it for all people, or only for some?

The non-fool answer is that it’s limited only to the believer’s in Jesus. If Christ died and paid the penalty for everybody’s sin, then everybody would be going to heaven no matter what they did. The Bible don’t say that. The Bible says that Jesus prays for and sanctifies only those whom God gave to him, not the whole world (John 17:6,9,19).

And that’s it. I’ll be back next week.