Who is John Calvinism? <chuckles>
Behold, either you don't understand or refuse to acknowledge the actual difference between Calvinism and hyper-Calvinism.
Hyper-Calvinism is not "an over emphasis of Calvin's teachings," but on rather is the belief that God saves the elect through His sovereign will with little or no use of the methods of bringing about salvation (such as evangelism, preaching, and prayer for the lost). To an unbiblical fault, the hyper-Calvinist over-emphasizes God’s sovereignty and under-emphasizes man’s responsibility in the work of salvation. Hyper-Calvinism takes a biblical doctrine, God’s sovereignty, and pushes it to an unbiblical extreme. In doing so, the hyper-Calvinist downplays the love of God and the necessity of evangelism.
Ah, yes, the concept of limited atonement. You know, there are "four-point Calvinists" out there, and the 'L' is usually the one they can't digest, much the same as you in that respect. But this is not the dividing line between Calvinists and Hyper-Calvinists; see above.
Anyway, yes, such a repulsive concept to so many, but because they don't understand the sense in which it is limited. Or just won't accept it for one reason or another. As I have said, there is a sense in which it is unlimited, but also another sense in which it is limited. to the latter, consider what Jesus says in John 10 to a group of Jews at the Feast of Dedication:
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one" (John 10:27-30)
It's easy to see in what the Lord says there that not everyone hears His voice, but only His sheep, and He knows His sheep, which is not a mere cognitive thing, because in that sense Jesus, Who is God, knows everyone and everything. Too, Jesus says that in the final Judgment, to many He will say, "I never knew you" (Matthew 7:23). The limited nature of Christ's atonement is in the very same sense. Yes, Christ's atonement was sufficient for everyone, limitless in that respect. But it was only effectual for God's elect, so limited in that respect, and the latter is the context of John Calvin's 'L'... limited atonement.
Your aim is... way off. Friendly fire, actually...
But it doesn't. It only affirms that, while there is a sense in which Jesus's atonement was indeed for the world, there is also a sense in which it is only for the ones the Father has given the Son.
Hmmm, well, it can be a hard truth, but God Himself says, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." So, yes, "He has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens whomever He wills" (Romans 9:14-18). Only God's elect are the ones who are... or will be, in the case of those who have not yet been born again... are/will be in Christ, those He has given/will give eternal life.
I see what you think is a "cross-denying lie," yes. But God's Word says what it says. It is what it is. "The grass withers, and the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands/endures forever" (Isaiah, Peter). Again, depending on the sense in which one understands it, Jesus's atonement is both unlimited (sufficient for all, able to cover all) and limited (applied only to some, only effectual for Jesus's sheep, the ones given to Him by the Father).
Pish.
Grace and peace to you, Behold.
