What He did on the cross was not a partial atonement, what he did was not a potential

atonement, it was not some kind of virtual atonement, it was a real actual atonement.

There is no such thing as an atonement by Jesus Christ on the cross that is less than

a true and actual atonement.

Welcome to Grace to you, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Today, John, will help you understand one of Christianity's most important doctrines,

the doctrine of the atonement. Along the way,

he'll help answer some difficult questions like, what does it mean that Christ died for sinners?

And how can you be sure that Christ died for you? It's all part of one of John MacArthur's most thought-provoking series called The Doctrines of Grace. Today's lesson will not only help you

evaluate your own spiritual condition, it will help you give the gospel to others more effectively

and more biblically. So now with a lesson, here's John. If I asked the average Christian

for whom did Christ die, the traditional answer would be everybody.

Everybody.

Christ died for the whole world.

He died for all sinners.

And most people then in the church believe, and I'm sure many people outside the true church,

many people associated with Christianity, believe that on the cross,

Jesus paid the debt of sin for everyone because he loves everyone and he wants everyone

to be saved.

That's pretty much the common evangelical view.

Jesus died for everybody, he paid the price for the sins of everybody, and all we have

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