Limited Atonement --
Galatians 3:13
We believe,
according to the Scriptures, that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished the
redemption of God’s elect when he died as our Substitute under the wrath of
God. Our Lord Jesus Christ actually obtained eternal redemption for us by the
merit, power, and efficacy of his shed blood (Heb.
We believe, according to the testimony of God, that Christ’s precious blood fully paid our debt, completely satisfied the justice of God, and effectually put away all our sins forever. This is the obvious doctrine of Holy Scripture.
We believe, according to the writings of Inspiration, that all for whom Christ died shall be with him in glory. Yes, we believe that grand, old, glorious, gospel doctrine called Limited Atonement; and we believe it to be a doctrine of the gospel that is absolutely vital to the gospel!
We should never be shy about stating the glorious, God-honoring doctrine of limited atonement in a futile effort to appease the wrath of reprobate rebels who will not bow to the authority of Holy Scripture.
All religious
people hold to some form of limited atonement, all except those who teach that
everyone is going to be saved in the end (Some do teach such nonsense!). The
Arminian, the free-willer, the works-monger, believes that there is a limit to
the merit, power, and efficacy of Christ’s blood. He believes that Christ died
for all Adam’s race without exception. --That some will be in hell whose sins
Christ bore at
We believe, according to the universal testimony of Holy Scripture, that there is a limit to the design, intention, scope, and purpose of God in the atonement. There is not even a hint of universal redemption in the Word of God. Read and interpreted contextually, there is not the slightest implication of the heretical doctrine that Christ died to redeem and save those who perish under the wrath of God in hell. That Limited Atonement is the doctrine of the Bible is a point all who read the Book of God with honesty must acknowledge. It is not a debatable issue.
Limited atonement does not mean that the power, merit, and efficacy of Christ’s blood is limited. Limited atonement means that Christ died for and effectually redeemed a limited number of sinners by his blood atonement, a great number which no man can number, but a limited number -- GOD’S ELECT! -- THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY REDEEMED BY HIS BLOOD!
Don Fortner