People say, how can you say that the atonement of Jesus Christ is limited?

Doesn't the Bible say that he dies for the whole world?

If Jesus died for every sin of every person, there's nothing left for God to punish.

Everybody would be saved.

One of the doctrines that we struggle with in the church, particularly in reform theology,

an integral part of Tulip, the famous acrostic, T-U-L-I-P, which stands for what? Total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance

of the saints.

And so many of our evangelical brothers and sisters embrace Tuip.

They'll affirm the T, the U, the I, and the P.

But they knocked the L out of Tulip.

The L standing for limited atonement.

It's amazing to me how much controversy ensues over that point of historic reform theology.

People say, how can you say that the atonement of Jesus Christ is limited?

Doesn't the Bible say that he dies for the whole world?

Are you saying that Jesus' atoning death is not sufficient to save everybody in the world?

And these same people who say that say that not everybody in the world is saved.

Well, why isn't everybody in the world saved?

Because a necessary condition to be saved by the atoning death of Jesus Christ is to have

faith in Jesus Christ.

And if you have no faith in Jesus Christ, the atoning death of Christ only exacerbates your

guilt before God and will do nothing to alleviate it because you have

rejected the perfect sacrifice that was offered once for all. But think about this for a minute,

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