Assertion: atonement | /r/HasProperty | sufficient
Facets:
value: for all
type: OTHER
value: extrinsically
type: DEGREE
value: for the salvation of all people
type: PURPOSE
value: according to boston
type: OTHER
value: for those
type: OTHER
value: hypothetically)
type: DEGREE
value: for the non-elect
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: intrinsically
type: DEGREE
value: for the salvation of all men
type: PURPOSE
value: for all the world
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in itself
type: OTHER
value: for all men
type: OTHER
value: hypothetically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The Atonement is sufficient for all men, but it is efficient only for those who believe!
text: The question with which we are concerned at this point is not (a) whether the satisfaction rendered by Christ was in itself sufficient for the salvation of all men, since this is admitted by all; (b) whether the saving benefits are actually applied to every man, for the great majority of those who teach a universal atonement do not believe that all are actually saved; (c) whether the bona fide offer of salvation is made to all that hear the gospel, on the condition of repentance and faith, since the Reformed Churches do not call this in question; nor (d) whether any of the fruits of the death of Christ accrue to the benefit of the non-elect in virtue of their close association with the people of God, since this is explicitly taught by many Reformed scholars.
text: Beza, Owen, and Perkins believed that the atonement, because of the infinite value of Christ’s deity, could have been (hypothetically) sufficient for all the world, but only if God had intended it to be sufficient for them.
text: For the majority of Calvinists, universal sufficiency is extrinsic; the atonement is actually sufficient for the salvation of the non-elect.
text: By way of proof, He spends a lot of time demonstrating that these men believed that the atonement is actually (extrinsically) sufficient for the salvation of all people.
text: But providing one quote or a thousand quotes that reinforce the idea that the atonement is actually (extrinsically) sufficient for the salvation of all people does not necessarily imply that these men rejected the doctrine of limited atonement.
text: Is the atonement intrinsically (hypothetically) or extrinsically (actually) sufficient for the non-elect?
text: For all who affirm limited atonement, the atonement can only be sufficient for those for whom it is efficient.
text: According to Boston, Fuller, and Hodge, the atonement had to be actually sufficient for all since the gospel is a sincere offer to all.
text: And for the atonement actually to be sufficient for all, the atonement has to be a qualitative (tantundem), rather than a quantitative (idem) payment for sins.