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“For Whom Christ Died”
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1 CORINTHIANS 8:9-11
ROMANS 14:13-15
1 Corinthians 8:9-11
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9“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of
yours become a stumblingblock to them that are
weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit
at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience
of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those
things which are offered to idols.
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak
brother perish, for whom Christ died?”
Romans 14:13-15
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“3 Let us not therefore judge one another any more:
but judge this rather, that no man put a
stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's
way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that
there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that
esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is
unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now
walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with
thy meat, for whom Christ died.”
The Calvinist Doctrine of Limited Atonement
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 Who did Christ die for?
 Only the “elect”?
 Is the atonement of His shed blood limited?
 If so, how is it limited?
 Calvinists claim…
 “Christ’s redeeming work was intended to save the elect
only and actually secured salvation for them. His death
was a substitutionary sacrifice of the penalty of sin in
place of certain specified sinners…”
 The Five Points of Calvinism, David N. Steele & Curtis C.
Thomas, p. 17.
Five Points of Calvinism - TULIP Doctrine
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 Total Hereditary Depravity
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Ezekiel 18:20
 Unconditional Election
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Acts 10:34, 35
 Limited Atonement
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Revelation 22:17
 Irresistible Grace
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Acts 7:51
 Perseverance of the Saints
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“once
saved, always saved” or “eternal security”
2 Peter 2:20-22
The “Elect” of God
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 2 Timothy 2:10-12
 Titus 1:1-3
 Colossians 3:12
 1 Peter 1:1-5
 2 Thessalonians 2:13
“your election of God”
1 Thessalonians 1:1-6
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1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the
Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus
Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in
our prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of
love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God
and our Father;
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,
and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what
manner of men we were among you for your sake.
6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the
word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
Ephesians 1:1-14 - “predestinated us”
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To San Diego
Destination of this bus is
predetermined before hand!
•Ephesians 1:5, 11 – “predestinated us”
All Spiritual Blessings
“In Christ” - Ephesians 1:3
Eternal Salvation - Heb. 5:9
Many are on the wrong bus
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Faith Only
• James 2:24
“predestinated” to
eternal destruction
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
Denominational Bus!
Catholic, Baptist, Mormon,
SDA, Muslim, JW, Christian
Scientist…etc.
• Ephesians 4:4; Matthew 16:18
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 What Does God’s Word teach?
 We will let God’s word answer this question!
 Who benefits from Christ’s death?
 Is it the “elect” only? (as defined by Calvinists)
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Or…
Those who obey from the heart the gospel of Christ?
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“the elect of God” - 1 Thessalonians 1:4
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died “for every man”!
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“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.”
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Hebrews 2:9
“9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some
men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the
earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned
up.”
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2 Peter 3:9, 10
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “whosoever”!
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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.”
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“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall
save it.”
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John 3:16
Luke 9:24
“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him
that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst
come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely.”
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Revelation 22:17
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “all men”!
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“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus
judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that
he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth
live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them,
and rose again”
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach,
because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour
of all men, specially of those that believe”
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1 Timothy 4:10
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “the ungodly” & “sinners”!
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“6 For when we were yet without strength, in due
time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet
peradventure for a good man some would even dare
to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”
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Romans 5:6-8
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for the “whole world”!
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“1 My little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world”
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1 John 2:1-2
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “the world”!
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“16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved”
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John 3:16-17
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “the world”!
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“For the bread of God is he which cometh down from
heaven, and giveth life unto the world”
“I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if
any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the
life of the world”
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John 6:33; 51
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world”
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John 1:29
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died “for many”!
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“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and
unto them that look for him shall he appear the second
time without sin unto salvation”
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Hebrews 9:28
“26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and
said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to
them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many for the remission of sins”
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Matthew 26:26-28
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “the church”!
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“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the
flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath
purchased with his own blood”
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Acts 20:28
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it”
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Ephesians 5:25
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for His “Sheep”!
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“11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the
sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down
my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one
shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I
received of my Father:
 John 10:11-18
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for all who have “gone astray”!
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“4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned
every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all”
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Isaiah 53:4-6
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Those who deny him!
 “But there were false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be false teachers among
you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring
upon themselves swift destruction”
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2 Peter 2:1 (cf. Luke 23:32-43)
The unbelieving Jews at His
crucifixion denied Him and the
unbelieving thief “railed on Him”
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died “for our sins”!
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“1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel
which I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory
what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in
vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures:”
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1 Corinthians 15:1-4
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “all” who were “dead”!
 “14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
 15 And that he died for all, that they which live
should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto
him which died for them, and rose again.”
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For Whom Did Christ Die?
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 Christ died for “that nation” & “children of God”!
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“49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high
priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing
at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man
should die for the people, and that the whole nation
perish not.
51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high
priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for
that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should
gather together in one the children of God that were
scattered abroad.”
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John 11:49-52
The Gospel – The Power of God unto Salvation!
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 Who is it that will be saved 0r lost?
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“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
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Romans 1:16
“7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his
power;”
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2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
The Command of Jesus!
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“Go teach all nations”!
 “18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world. Amen.”
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Matthew 28:18-20
Who are the Children of God?
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 “25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer
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under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor
female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
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Galatians 3:25-29
Conclusion
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 Christ died for…
The weak brother!
 Every man!
 Whosoever!
 All men!
 The whole world!
 The ungodly!
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His sheep!
 Those gone astray!
 Those who deny
Him!
 Our sins!
 All the dead!
 The Jews & Gentiles
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The Efficacy of His Death
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 Efficacy Defined:
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The capacity for producing a desired result or effect;
effectiveness.
 Offering of Christ was “once for all…”
 Hebrews 10:1-10
Who is Saved By His Death?
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Only those who obey the Gospel of Christ are
beneficiaries of His Death!
 “For the time is come that judgment must
begin at the house of God: and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be of them that
obey not the gospel of God?”
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1 Peter 4:17
 “Who will have all men to be saved, and to
come unto the knowledge of the truth”
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1 Timothy 4:2