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Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners
In Paul’s First Letter to Timothy, he says;
“This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them” – 1:15
According to the so called “Reformed” theology on salvation, Jesus Christ only Died for the “elect”, and not the entire human race. Those who are the “non elect”, can never obtain salvation, and are destined to eternal punishment.
This teaching is in direct contradiction to what the Holy Bible actually says. As seen from this verse in First Timothy, and elsewhere, Jesus Christ Died for SINNERS. This term cannot in any way be reduced to mean, “only elect sinners”!
We also know from the Bible, that “ALL have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God” (Romans 3:23). There is no doubt from this Scripture, and many others, that ALL of the human race, from Adam to the last person, are sinners.
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus plainly says, “When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”. Again, it is clear that Jesus Came for SINNERS.
If, as the “Reformed” argue, that Jesus Christ Came ONLY for “the elect”, and these “elect” are the SINNERS, then, exactly WHAT are the “non elect”? Are these to be included in the “righteous”, whom Jesus refers to?
The teaching that Jesus’ Death is to be somehow “limited” in its extent, only for “the elect”, is not only absurd, but very much contrary to what the Bible actually Teaches!
In Romans 5:6, Paul declares that “Christ died for the ungodly”. And, in 1 Peter 3:18, we read, “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous”. Are we also to restrict the “ungodly” and “unrighteous” in this passages, as meaning “the elect”? The ENTIRE HUMAN RACE outside of God, are SINNERS, and UNGODLY, and UNRIGHTEOUS!
It is abundantly clear to those who are more interested in what the Bible ACTUALLY TEACHES, and not some human “theology”, that the Death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, is NOT for only “the elect”, but “the entire human race”. In Luke 22, where Jesus is speaking of the Lord’s Supper, He very clearly included Judas in the words, “This cup that is poured out for YOU is the New Covenant in My Blood” (verse 20). Because in the next verse, Jesus goes on to say, “But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table”, which is no other than the betrayer, Judas. If Jesus did not Die for Judas, and the billions like him who sadly end up in eternal punishment, then surely He would have instituted the Lord’s Supper after Judas had left the room to betray Him. So that the words in verse 20, would only apply to the 11, all of whom are in heaven! Commenting on Jesus’ words in Mark 14:24, part of the Lord’s Supper account, John Calvin writes “Which is shed for many. By the word many he means not a part of the world only, but the whole human race” (John Calvin). Even to John Calvin, the term MANY in this context, is not “part of the world”, but “THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE”. And yet there are those who claim to follow the teachings of John Calvin, who still believe that he taught any “limit” to the Death of Jesus Christ. In fact, by Calvin’s own words on Mark 14:24, it is also clear that he includes Judas in the Death of Jesus Christ!
Not only does the Teachings in the Bible destroy this human deception of Jesus’ Death being only for “the elect”. But, we also have the father of “Calvinism”, John Calvin himself, very clearly state, that Jesus Died for THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE, including Judas!
In Paul’s First Letter to Timothy, he says;
“This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them” – 1:15
According to the so called “Reformed” theology on salvation, Jesus Christ only Died for the “elect”, and not the entire human race. Those who are the “non elect”, can never obtain salvation, and are destined to eternal punishment.
This teaching is in direct contradiction to what the Holy Bible actually says. As seen from this verse in First Timothy, and elsewhere, Jesus Christ Died for SINNERS. This term cannot in any way be reduced to mean, “only elect sinners”!
We also know from the Bible, that “ALL have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God” (Romans 3:23). There is no doubt from this Scripture, and many others, that ALL of the human race, from Adam to the last person, are sinners.
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus plainly says, “When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”. Again, it is clear that Jesus Came for SINNERS.
If, as the “Reformed” argue, that Jesus Christ Came ONLY for “the elect”, and these “elect” are the SINNERS, then, exactly WHAT are the “non elect”? Are these to be included in the “righteous”, whom Jesus refers to?
The teaching that Jesus’ Death is to be somehow “limited” in its extent, only for “the elect”, is not only absurd, but very much contrary to what the Bible actually Teaches!
In Romans 5:6, Paul declares that “Christ died for the ungodly”. And, in 1 Peter 3:18, we read, “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous”. Are we also to restrict the “ungodly” and “unrighteous” in this passages, as meaning “the elect”? The ENTIRE HUMAN RACE outside of God, are SINNERS, and UNGODLY, and UNRIGHTEOUS!
It is abundantly clear to those who are more interested in what the Bible ACTUALLY TEACHES, and not some human “theology”, that the Death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, is NOT for only “the elect”, but “the entire human race”. In Luke 22, where Jesus is speaking of the Lord’s Supper, He very clearly included Judas in the words, “This cup that is poured out for YOU is the New Covenant in My Blood” (verse 20). Because in the next verse, Jesus goes on to say, “But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table”, which is no other than the betrayer, Judas. If Jesus did not Die for Judas, and the billions like him who sadly end up in eternal punishment, then surely He would have instituted the Lord’s Supper after Judas had left the room to betray Him. So that the words in verse 20, would only apply to the 11, all of whom are in heaven! Commenting on Jesus’ words in Mark 14:24, part of the Lord’s Supper account, John Calvin writes “Which is shed for many. By the word many he means not a part of the world only, but the whole human race” (John Calvin). Even to John Calvin, the term MANY in this context, is not “part of the world”, but “THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE”. And yet there are those who claim to follow the teachings of John Calvin, who still believe that he taught any “limit” to the Death of Jesus Christ. In fact, by Calvin’s own words on Mark 14:24, it is also clear that he includes Judas in the Death of Jesus Christ!
Not only does the Teachings in the Bible destroy this human deception of Jesus’ Death being only for “the elect”. But, we also have the father of “Calvinism”, John Calvin himself, very clearly state, that Jesus Died for THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE, including Judas!
