Why The Limited Atonement Theory Is A Lie And False Gospel

God is sovereign in electing sinners to salvation. Romans 9
makes it clear that only the elect will be saved, not
everyone, and that this is done according to God's sovereign
purposes in election. Universal atonement, however, does not
necessitate universal salvation. The limited atonement theory
is a lie from faulty logic, not exegesis. Unfortunately, your
understanding of "world" doesn't seem to take John 12 into
consideration:

47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him
not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one
that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
judge him in the last day.

Here, Christ says the world He came to save, includes those
who reject Him and His words. Christ will not judge these
people, because He came to save them. The word He spoke to
them, however, will judge them, because they rejected the
offer of salvation. Thus, the world Christ came to save, and
to whom He offered salvation, includes those who ultimately
reject Him.

You can't be guilty of rejecting Christ and His words of
salvation, if He was not offering you salvation, and He
couldn't offer you salvation, if He were not an atonement for
your sins. The world Christ came to save includes those who
reject Him and His words of salvation.

The Bible makes clear, in no uncertain terms, that Christ died
for all men, tasted death for every man, is the Savior of all
men, specially them that believe, is the propitiation not only
for our own sins, but also for the sins of the whole world,
and even bought the false teachers who deny Him as Lord.
Further, John 12 clearly identifies the "world" Christ came to
save as including those who ultimately reject Him. That's why
they are judged not by Christ, but by the gospel He brought
them.

The objection that if Christ died for all men, then all men
must be saved, is based on erroneous logic, not exegesis. Fact
is, the blood must be applied to the doorpost, before it
became effective, and the angel of death passed over, even
among those who were elect. Faith is the method by which God
puts the benefits of atonement to an individual's account, and
God only gives faith to the elect. The lost, therefore,
perish not because no atonement was made for them, but because
the blood was never applied to the doorposts of their souls
through faith.

You cannot place a limit on the value of Christ's death. As
God, He is infinite, and as man, He died. Death is the
penalty, and Christ died. Therefore, the penalty for sin has
been paid. The idea that you could fix a finite limit on the
value of Christ's death is ridiculous, and implies that sin
itself, and God Himself, is finite.

Further, the limited atonement theory may actually be a false,
damnable heresy. Fact is, we are saved by faith in Christ's
atonement, not faith in election. You cannot have objective
faith in Christ's death as a payment for your sin, if you
believe His death only paid the price for the elect.
Otherwise, you are no longer trusting in the gospel that
Christ died for your sins, and that God raised Him from the
dead, but trusting in the idea that somehow you were one of
the elect.

Paul didn't say Christ died for the elect, of whom He was
chief, but for sinners. All men are sinners, and Christ died
for all men. The benefits of this atonement, however, are
only applied to the souls of those who are elect. Thus the
universal atonement of Christ does not necessitate universal
salvation.

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Christ died for our sins, and God raised Him from the dead.
Rely on this work alone to escape hell and receive eternal
life (Jn. 3:16; 1 Cor. 15:1-3; Eph. 2:8-10; 2 Thess. 1:8-9).

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself
up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every
thought to make it obedient to Christ. †2 Corinthians 10:5