isa 53v08 For The Transgression of My People Was He Stricken
"FOR THE TRANSGRESSION
OF MY PEOPLE WAS HE STRICKEN"
Isaiah 53:8
Without question these words
teach us that THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR AND REDEEMED A PARTICULAR
PEOPLE. It gives me no particular pleasure to tell people that there are
some in this world for whom Christ did not die; but I must insist upon it. If I
told you that Christ died for all men alike, in an effort to redeem all men,
the implication of my doctrine would be that salvation is determined not by
what Christ has done for men but by what men do for themselves, And that is
totally contrary to the plainest statements of Holy Scripture (Rom. 9:16). It
does give me great pleasure to tell sinners, as the Word of God plainly asserts,
that CHRIST JESUS DIED FOR SOME PERISHING SINNERS, AND ALL OF THOSE FOR WHOM
HE DIED SHALL BE SAVED BY THE MERITS OF HIS SIN-ATONING SACRIFICE.
The Word of God plainly teaches that our Lord Jesus
Christ died as a Substitute in the place of some of Adam's fallen race, but not
all. Christ himself said, "I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep...I lay down my life for the sheep." Then he
turned to some who were in the crowd, and said, "Ye are not of my sheep"
(John