Scripture Teaches Limited Atonement !
So in light of the scriptures teaching limited atonement, how do we understand words like all or every as they apply to whom Christ died ? Its very simple, they refer to all or everyone Christ died for of the particular people that He died for. For instance, He particularly died for the Sheep of God Jn 10:11,15
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
So He died for all or everyone of His Sheep !
Heb 2:9
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Every man here is simply every sheep, He tasted death for everyone of His Sheep or all of His Sheep. If we read in Heb 13:20 , the same book as Heb 2, it states that Jesus was brought from the dead as the Great Shepherd of the Sheep Heb 13:20
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
He was brought from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep , simply because He tasted death as the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, every one of them.
Not just Sheep from amongst the jews, but sheep also from amongst the Gentiles also !
What false teachers wilfully neglect, that is to be honest about the word all or every, for instance, the word every in Heb 2:9 is the word pas and means:
II.collectively
A.some of all types
Just like the word world kosmos means:
VIII.any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort
So all or every is used to define a particular collection of individuals, for instance, the collection of the sheep.
We know all men without exception are not Sheep by Christ own words to some jews Jn 10:26
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
So what can be plainer that all men without exception are not Christ's Sheep that He died for !
So in light of the scriptures teaching limited atonement, how do we understand words like all or every as they apply to whom Christ died ? Its very simple, they refer to all or everyone Christ died for of the particular people that He died for. For instance, He particularly died for the Sheep of God Jn 10:11,15
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
So He died for all or everyone of His Sheep !
Heb 2:9
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Every man here is simply every sheep, He tasted death for everyone of His Sheep or all of His Sheep. If we read in Heb 13:20 , the same book as Heb 2, it states that Jesus was brought from the dead as the Great Shepherd of the Sheep Heb 13:20
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
He was brought from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep , simply because He tasted death as the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, every one of them.
Not just Sheep from amongst the jews, but sheep also from amongst the Gentiles also !
What false teachers wilfully neglect, that is to be honest about the word all or every, for instance, the word every in Heb 2:9 is the word pas and means:
II.collectively
A.some of all types
Just like the word world kosmos means:
VIII.any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort
So all or every is used to define a particular collection of individuals, for instance, the collection of the sheep.
We know all men without exception are not Sheep by Christ own words to some jews Jn 10:26
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
So what can be plainer that all men without exception are not Christ's Sheep that He died for !