Another common misunderstanding about the doctrine of limited atonement is that it somehow lessens or diminishes the love of God for humanity. Yet, again, exactly the opposite is true. Of all of the doctrines of grace, the doctrine of limited atonement, when correctly understood, magnifies the love of God; it does not diminish it. Limited atonement reinforces the intensive love of God that is revealed in the Bible. God loves His people with a love that saves them from their sin, as opposed to the love of the unlimited atonement view that sees God’s love as being more general in nature. In the unlimited atonement view, He loves everyone in general but saves no one in particular and, in fact, leaves the matter of their salvation up to them. Which is more loving, a love that actually saves people or a love that makes salvation “possible” to those who are dead in trespasses and sins and unable to choose God?
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#1 · December 1, 2003, 8:09 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

 
*** Calling Aunt Sarah ***
 
 
One day I found Morris,  my five-year-old son, with the telephone,
which he quickly hung up when he saw me.  "What were you doing?"
I asked him.

"Calling Aunt Sarah."

"How could you have called Aunt Sarah ?"  I asked.
"You don't even know her number."

"Yes, I do and I did call her," little Morris replied.

I wasted a lot of breath trying to convince him that he didn't
know her number, but he insisted he had made the call.

"Okay," I said finally.  "What did she say, then, if you called
her?"

"She told me I had the wrong number!"

 

*** Everybody, Somebody, Anybody ***
 
This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody,
Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was
asked to do it.

Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have
done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's
job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody
realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when actually
Nobody asked Anybody.

 
 
*** The World Is you Classroom ***


A father and son went fishing one day.  After a couple hours out
in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world
around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"

The father thought for a moment, then replied, "Don't rightly
know, son."

The boy returned to his contemplation, then turned back to his
father, "How do fish breath underwater?"

Once again the father replied, "Don't rightly know, son."

A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"

Again, the father replied. "Don't rightly know, son."

Worried he was going to annoy his father, he says, "Dad, do you
mind my asking you all of these questions?"

"Of course not son.  If you don't ask questions, you'll never
learn anything!"

 
 
Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
 

 

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