#sufficiency #efficiency #intentandpurpose
A
brother insisted:
"God's
work of Salvation is sufficient for all, but its EFFICACY is applied only to
those who will believe... this is the simple explanation of the verse without going
the "MERRY go ROUND".
[The passage referred to is 1 John 2.2]
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What's
the irrelevant woolly talk about sufficiency for all when it was NOT EVEN
INTENDED for all!!! It is just silly jibberish nonsense! Likely, he is just
repeating nice-sounding shibboleths without engaging his mind.
The
issue of sufficiency does not arise; whether Christ stood as the substitute for
just one human being or for the whole human race, He would still have to do the
same, i.e. live the perfect and sinless life of obedience to the complete laws
of God, and offer Himself a perfect sinless sacrifice for the atonement of
sins. It's the divine intention of His redemptive works alone that matters.
God
purposed to save a specific people. He gave them to Christ.
Christ
lived and died to save the same specific people... i.e. AS MANY AS the Father
had given to Him, not one more and not one less. The 'sufficient for all"
notion contradicts the plain declaration of the Lord Jesus Christ... a
repudiation of the very meaning of His name, "He shall save HIS people
from their sins." Why the fiction of sufficient-for-all when it is not
even intended for all, nor provided for all!!!
The
Holy Spirit applies the same eternal salvation to AS MANY AS the Father has
given to Christ, and whom Christ has redeemed!
The
Three Persons of the Godhead work in PERFECT UNITY and HARMONY!
John
6:39 KJT "And
this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given
me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day."
John 17:2 "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him".
Matthew 1:21 KJT "And
she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall
save his people from their sins."
Many
silly, misguided preachers do not work in harmony with the revealed truth of
God!!! They preach their own notions, i.e. fables! The popular concept of
sufficient-for-all is just a human concept read into the Scriptures... that
Christ secured salvation for more than intended!!!
p/s
picture:
The
truckload of onions is more than sufficient for the whole village, but it was
only INTENDED by the Benefactor for the specific villagers whose names are in
His Register. I can hear someone screaming, "But that's not fair!" It
would still be more than fair if the gracious and sovereign Benefactor did not
send any onions to any villagers! No? (A poor illustration, no doubt.)
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Dans
"irrelevant
woolly talk" - Amen! Well said, brother Sing.
On
this matter, I have often said, "No one is saved apart from God's purpose
in saving them. It follows that the atonement of Christ is INSUFFICIENT for all
for want of purpose." Simply put, an atonement that lacks God's purpose
to save is insufficient to save, for no one is saved apart from God's purpose in
saving them.
Tom
Maybe
a "poor" illustration, but still a good point.
