Limited Atonement - Part 2

I. The Atonement Described.

   ransom – reconciliation – propitiation -- satisfaction and redemption.
    
John Owen went into more detail, but Michael Horton paraphrased him this way.  Our choices for the atonement are:
    1.   Christ died for all the sins of all people.
    2.  Christ died for some of the sins of all people.
    3.  Christ died for all of the sins of some people.

II. Verses that Describe the Purpose of the Atonement
Matt. 1;21; 20:28; 26:28; Heb. 9:28; Acts 20:28; Titus 2:13-14; Col. 1:13-14; John 10:11; 17:9, 20, 21; Isaiah 53:1, 3-6, 8, 10, 11, 12

III. The “World Passages” and the Atonement

If we think these passages teach Christ died for all – they prove too much since there is an eternal Hell.
John 4:41-42;  John 1:29;  2 Corinthians 5:19

1 John 2:1-2 -- And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Propitiation is “a sacrifice that bears God’s wrath and turns it to favor”.

There are basically 4 options on what this verse means.

1. Christ died to make an atonement for original sin -- Pelagian view.
2. Christ made propitiation for every single person in the world. Universalism
3. Jesus made propitiation for every single individual, but this propitiation does not save everyone. Semi-Pelagian
4. Christ made a purposeful, true and full propitiation for all believers (the elect): Jew & Gentile, without regard to race or status -- past, present and future. The Reformed view.