Particular, Effectual Redemption
The Bible
speaks of the redemptive work of Christ as an accomplished, effectual work,
done for a particular, elect people (Isa. 53:8; Gal.
If Christ died for those who perish as
well as those who are saved, man is his own savior. It is not the blood of Christ
that makes the difference between the saved and the lost, but the decision of
man!
If Christ died to redeem and save all men
and some are not redeemed, then he is not God, for he has failed to do what he
attempted to do;and God cannot fail (Isa. 42:4). To deny the biblical doctrine
of particular, effectual redemption is as much a denial of Christ's diety as
the denial of his virgin birth!God's servants and God's people must never
tolerate either (II John 9-11).
Don Fortner