SUNDAY SERMON - Christ Did NOT Die For Every Person

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In the second half of verse 2 of our text, John says that Jesus is the propitiation, “not for our [sins] only, but also for those of the whole world.” This little phrase has sparked a lot of theological controversy. Those who oppose the Reformed (Calvinist) view of salvation say that this verse refutes the doctrine of “limited atonement” - that Christ died only for the elect. However, Calvinists rightly respond by pointing out that this verse cannot mean that Christ actually satisfied God’s wrath on behalf of every person, or else everyone would be saved. Scripture is clear that the wrath of God abides (remains) on those who do not obey Jesus (John 3:36). Thus they argue that the “whole world” refers to God’s elect from every tribe, tongue, and nation, not to every person who has ever lived.

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0:00.0	One final time. Our text is 1 John chapter 2, verses 1 through 2. The Bible says this.
0:06.7	My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does
0:12.9	sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only, but also for the
0:25.2	sins of the whole world. This is the word of the Lord. All right, please be seated.
0:33.1	If I was to title this sermon, which I kind of did, I called it limited or that is particular
0:40.1	or definite atonement. If I was titling it the way that Adi Robles or Andrew Isker would have titled
0:46.2	it, I would have called it, Jesus did not die for everyone. That would be the title of the sermon.
0:51.9	And that would be perfectly biblically true. And Christ honoring, and it's a fine title.
0:57.6	Jesus did not die for everyone. And the reason Jesus didn't die for everyone is because God is just.
1:05.5	And it's not to say that some people are not worth dying for, because the true and biblical thing to say is that all people are not worth dying for because the true and biblical thing to say is that all people
1:13.1	are not worth dying for. No one is worth the blood of Jesus. No one is worth his death.
1:22.1	God is gracious. God is merciful. And so when I speak to the fact that God is just and how that plays into the doctrine of
1:31.0	limited or particular atonement, particular redemption, I'm not saying that some people were worth
1:38.4	dying for and others were not. And so it would not be just of God to send his son to die for all, but rather he sent him to
1:46.7	die for a subset of humanity, some of humanity, the good part of humanity. That's not. It's not what
1:53.9	I'm espousing. That's not what the Bible teaches. That would fly in the face of scripture and logic
1:59.6	to say that Jesus came to die for the good people.
2:02.2	Well, the good people wouldn't need him to die. There are no good people. Jesus came to die for sinners,
2:09.8	but not all sinners because God is just. So what do I mean by invoking the justice of God?
2:16.4	What I mean is this. It is unjust of God who is
2:20.2	thrice holy to exact double penalties for the same infraction. It is unjust, say it again,
2:29.4	it is unjust, unrighteous, unfair for God is the judge of the living and the dead, the righteous
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