For Whom Did Christ Die? An Interview With Dr. Mike Riccardi About His Book "To Save Sinners" 

@Lori MacDuff It will come in time. Be patient and keep learning everyday. You will be surprised how much you have learned after a few months.

The first disciples, who were also those carrying the Gospel to the world after the Resurrection, were mostly fishermen. Even Luke the doctor and Matthew the tax collector had learned from JESUS and not from professors at "seminary" (where's "seminary" in the New Testament???) Don't fret about understanding men. Jesus commands us that the Holy Spirit will teach and guide us (John 14:26 & 16:13) in the Word of God, which is straightforward to understand, ESPECIALLY with the guidance meant for us. Too many people are dependent on man for their theology. They spend 95% of their time listening to man and 5% in the Word listening to Jesus through the Holy Spirit ("my sheep hear my voice") when it should be the other way around. "Now when the Pharisees saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were ordinary and unschooled men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus" (Acts 4:13)

Get Dr. James White’s book: The Sovereign Grace of God. This book will methodically bring you to eye popping understanding. It is written to Chrstians and not to theologians.

@@heidilees.4407 I wish I were a Christian, not just a theologian lol

I concur Alan, you are blessed to have an abundance of capable faithful pastors there at Grace CC. Your channel isn’t too shabby either😉

Praise the Lord! Thank you, brother :)

Definitely

Correct :)

​@@JustinPetersMin Ezekiel 36:23-27 God will finish what he starts. God bless

No he did not die for the worlf he did not even pray for it. He said himself he died for his sheep, his friends, his bride the church. He gave his life a ransom for many, not all

they become goat because Jesus did save them?

@Stuart Johnson true.John chapter 17 ,he say I do not pray for world but those given to him from the world.

And like St. Augustine prayed: Lord, command what you will, and Grant what you command.

Excellent point. God would no more command sinners to do what was impossible for them to do, any more than He would command an elephant to fly. The fact that God commands mankind to repent, indicates mankind can repent. Not only that, but the Holy Spirit has been sent to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He will not fail that assignment! Why, oh why, would the Holy Spirit connect any in mankind to repent and believe in a sacrifice not made on their behalf, as concluded in the doctrine of limited atonement?

@@josephbeussink9504 Joseph, you sound like Pelagius, the heretic who was kicked out of the Church because he did not believe the doctrine of salvation as summarized by the St. Augustine prayer (quoted supra). The "elephant" in the room is the One who made elephants and who more importantly chooses (as He told Moses) who is saved. Yes, God commands men to come to repentance, but fallen man totally lacks the ability to make any move in the direction of said repentance. Fallen man must have the intervention of the merciful God. The Holy Spirit makes the first move by regenerating the hopelessly lost sinner, and through grace gives the sinner the saving faith to believe in Him. Ephesians 2:8-9. In the case of God's elect, God will not fail that assignment! Christ did not die in vain for anyone who was ever or who will ever be saved. Isaiah 53:11. "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied". Not disappointed. Not angry with the Father for having had to endure God's wrath for people who were not elect in the first place. Remember: "Salvation is of the Lord". Jonah 2:9. Cf: John 17:9.

Amen! It is finished! Jesus did not say ive done my part, now do your part.

Particular redemption means atonement is efficacious to ALL without distinction but not without exemption

Blessings to you as well! :)

@@JustinPetersMin Gushing this person thanks Justin! 😅

Amen. I disagree with Justin and Mike on this position that Christ ONLY died for the elect.

​@@eclipsesonic So those who don't repent and believe, are their sins atoned for? Also note 2 Corinthians 7 where Paul explains the difference between a world sorrow and a godly sorrow. Now will all have a godly sorrow?? Also the Holy Spirit convicts people of sin, righteousness and judgement. So is that happening to all??

@@EpicMushroom27 If you mean atoned, in the sense that, has Jesus died and paid for their sins then yes, if you mean atoned as in, have they accepted the offer of salvation and have had their sins forgiven, then no. No, of course not all will have godly sorrow. To your third question, I would say that yes, the Holy Spirit is working and convicting people, even if they stubbornly reject His calling. I have three scriptures to back up my claim. Firstly, here's what Stephen said to the council in Acts 7:51: "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you." Notice what God does also to the stubborn Israelites in Isaiah's time in Isaiah 65:2: "I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, according to their own thoughts." Even those who ultimately reject God, He is patient with them and granting them opportunities to be saved, but they consistently refuse. Jeremiah 7:25-26 also says the same thing: "From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day; yet they did not listen to me, or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers."

@@eclipsesonic if their sins are forgiven, why are they in hell? Isn’t sin the reason you go to hell?

@@cosmictreason2242 I never said that their sins are forgiven. They're only forgiven when they accept and trust that Jesus is Lord and that He died for their sins and rose again the third day. The payment that Christ did for us doesn't take effect until we accept said payment.

Thank you so much, brother - blessings to you :)

Yup. The Important thing to Remember with The Apostle John (all 12 Apostles in fact) is what he was in this world, a Messianic Jew! "ours" = Elected Messianic Jews, "the whole world" = Elected Gentiles (I fall into the Second Category, just for Clarification). All very simple when you remember what John was in this world. Love and Peace.

I just finished in my private bible study going through John over the course of a few months, and I came out more convinced than every that Jesus died for the sins of His sheep. I had never noticed that in John, Jesus says exactly what you just pointed out in 6:44, but then He keeps on repeating that throughout the rest of the gospel. "This is why I said you can not come to me... etc." Jesus didn't even want to be ambiguous on this point, in fact He couldn't have been any more clear.

@@HartyBiker amen to that!

Hi Daniel, RC Sproul did a talk on John 6:44 where he said "draws" is the same Greek word where Paul was "dragged" out of the city, stoned and left for dead. We are such sinners that God has to drag us to Him.

"The whole world" = people from every tribe, tongue, peoples and nation.Or another way it's meant is not just Jews but both Jews and Gentiles.

Is every ALL in scripture inclusive of the entire world ??

@@bigtobacco1098 in this case it appears to be the κόσμου rather than the Roman world, οἰκουμένῃ

Same here, brother :)

Exactly🙏

So what doesn't have holes?

@Jeremiah RICE 3956. πᾶς pas, pas; includ. all the forms of declension; appar. a prim. word; all, any, every, the whole:-all (manner of, means), alway (-s), any (one), × daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no (-thing), × throughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

​​​​@@Masonman928 If I wrote in a book "Every one of the girls who went to the dance wore a dress," do I mean that every girl at the dance was wearing a dress? No. Because the context of my statement earlier in the book defines "every girl" as all six friends that walked together to the dance. It would be the same whether I wrote the book in English or in Koine greek. The entire book of Hebrews was written to Jewish believers, the "everyone."

@@alext.8456 The author of Hebrews could have rephrased the sentence in a multitude of ways if that was truly the intent. For example, “might taste death for [every one of you],” or “might taste death for [us],” etc. But instead, he used only one word: “everyone.” There is absolutely nothing in the context of this verse to suggest that “everyone” is referring to the audience only.

"We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one" You want Pastor Riccardi to place "elect" in place of "whole world" here to prove your point, but you do your own limiting exegesis with it yourself...or do YOU, as a believer, believe that you are being controlled by the evil one?

@michaelparsons7474

Absolutely correct, Carol - blessings to you :)

Thank you so much, Sarah - blessings to you as well :)

@@JustinPetersMin You're very welcome, kind Sir.🌹

Please read Ephesians chapters 1 and 2, John chapter 6, and Romans chapter 9. God bless you.

I agree I'm not a big fan of the cover of the book.

It isnt impossible but men in your age group usually have nothing and are busy building themselves up and learning - you probably have to look for someone closer to 30 before you find people who know anything.

We’re all over the place. Where can you be found?

How doctrinally sound are you? What’s the error of molinism? The error of EFS? R2K? Is submission of wives to husbands a consequence of the fall, or the created order? May women lead worship? Bible study? Street preaching? What forms of birth control are acceptable? How do we know the Bible is the word of God? What evidence do we have that Jesus rose? What’s the age of the earth? Is it flat? What are the doctrines of grace? Chief end of man? Regulative principle? Are your family integrated? What’s your covenant theology? View of the mode and object of baptism? How is a Biblical divorce prosecuted? How is a Biblical courtship pursued? Should women vote? Should women be in the workplace? Should women live away from their parents? What if their parents are abusive or neglect to exercise their authority responsibly? What’s the Biblical argument against marrying 12 year olds? Biblical evidence that life begins at fertilization? Was first wave feminism good or bad or well intentioned? Do apostolic sign gifts continue to be practiced today? What is the church? Is weekly attendance obligatory? What is your view on sabbatarianism and head coverings? Double predestination? How does God choose whom he will elect? What is the Biblical expectation of a Christian’s giving? What about IVF? What does Trent canon 9 say? What is the main flaw of complementarianism? What is the main criticism of classical apologetics according to presup? What does a testimony need to be considered a testimony? Do men have feminine attributes and vice versa? What is the substitutionary atonement? What’s double imputation? What’s the difference between submission and compliance/apathy? Does a suitor submit to the girl’s father? What cross references do you think are best to prove the Trinity? What 4 aspects are the essential components of Christian worship, commonly called means of grace, and where are they found in scripture? I’m running out of ideas, this was a mental dump. But this is what I would want to know about a girl, just the first go-round of questions

Btw that’s not an attack or a “sit down shut up” type of comment. If a woman answered that with evidence of spiritual maturity, I would want to figure out a way to connect off RU-vid (I won’t connect identifying information to this one, to avoid doxing). Thing is, I think there’s two different categories of men, those who truly aren’t ready and then those who are absolutely ready but can’t find qualified women or the women are unreasonably picky. They aren’t willing to “catch him on the way up,” so they delay until he becomes higher demand with other women and picks someone more attractive than her. I’ve pursued a 25 year old, 33 year old, 35 year old, and 28 year old, considering only those I was at “talk to dad” levels of seriousness with. I’m seriously starting to open my mind to consider 19 year olds. If they don’t see a problem with it, then I won’t. They simply have less baggage that keeps them from respecting and submitting. I think I’ve been overlooked by a few of these because they were unreasonably selective regarding physical appearance. In context, the youngest one was head over heels for me because I was darn good looking at the time, and will be again, because being out of work partly due to covid and refusing to patronize the gym because of mask rules led to a bit more difficulty maintaining an exercise regimen. If somebody’s not willing to give grace in that regard then they won’t be getting a second shot, as I am convinced that that encourages infidelity. My income is very variable because of my choice of career but I’m consistently having a margin of several grand a month. I have my own place, and choose to rent rather than buy because of the cost of living benefit to saving money, and am considering buying in the next 2 years with a plan to work on vacation rentals as a side project. Net liquid assets of a year’s median income. I am very annoyed by the attitude that married folks as well as single women seem to hold, that you are not high quality because I don’t have an entourage, or I guess my clothes. If you haven’t even talked to me, I don’t know what else you would judge me by but that. But I’m also conscious of the fact that this very POSITIVE trait of self reflection and conscientiousness gets prejudicially interpreted by many as insecurity, with no consideration given to the fact that I’m sharing insight for the benefit of others and not venting for sympathy. It’s their loss, really. People who are quick to judge are literally in sin and don’t deserve my time or mental effort. I’ll get an amazing wife one day, because I know my worth. I’m guaranteed more spiritually mature than any woman you introduce me to, because I know how much time I’ve spent listening to sound teaching and studying and I know the kinds of conversations I get to have with women in person and online. I’m probably overqualified for you, especially if ALL you’ve got is good theological convictions. A woman at 24 should be very physically fit because she hasn’t spent her 20s being pregnant. I’m smart, funny, kind, gentle, self controlled, wise, able to teach, firm in the faith, physically strong, not easily manipulated either regarding deception, despair, or anger. Able to lead, able to inspire with a bigger picture, having more than one iron in the fire, able to bear up under suffering without being destroyed by it, gifted in teaching and able to give wise counsel, etc etc etc. Doesn’t hurt that I’m extremely romantic but I don’t play games with people’s hearts so you’d only see hints before engagement. I’m sure it’s easy to choose to see this all as judgmental or arrogant or bitter, but it’s just not so. How would you say the same but differently? So in closing - oh I’m 33 btw - I’m “ready to go,” and can only become “more ready” by degrees as I make more money and get in better shape. What are the girls waiting for? Beg your pastor to contact other pastors inquiring about qualified young men who might be solicited to get in touch with your pastor or father. Or you can show off your apparent theological convictions and spiritual maturity on Justin Peters’ Facebook page, and sign off with “btw I’m single, guys. Wife me up.” And you’ll get noticed. I don’t know how else I would find you personally. But here’s the thing: if you judge someone bye first impressions, NOT because they were spiritually ignorant or heretical but because their style of dress or speech or carriage annoyed you (it’s conceivable my comments here would do that for someone), then you are being FOOLISH and limiting your options for love. In fact, I would argue that if you meet a man who is exactly what you want, he’s not the one for you, because either a) you’re missing something, or he’s a sociopath or b) he’s going to frustrate you to death by not leading you well. You know you’ve find a man you can go with, if he says or does things YOU DON’T LIKE (William Gouge, 1622, said this is essential for submission to even be possible), but you can respect him, and trust him, then he’s the right guy, at least right enough to take a closer look at when considering a suitor. I think the reason marriages were frequently largely arranged by women’s fathers is because they know this, that the girl by choosing what she wants will INEVITABLY choose wrong. The man has to choose her. It is not for her to perform the initial screening step. It is for her to attempt to follow a man and see, upon reflection, whether she is feeling affection grow for him and if she respects him and wants to follow him. THEN she chooses him. Getting this out of order is causing untold misery among you young women, because you’re not giving excellent men a chance. But also you’re cloistered away where we’ll never find you. How are we going to know you’re worth the pursuit? Or that you exist to be pursued? I don’t have the time nor the obligation to court 1000 women at random until I improve my statistical chances according to Solomon’s observation. We need help. Your quality must be shown to is somehow. Think about how that might happen. I put a lot of effort into talking to you here, to try to make the world a better place. Consider for the moment, that men like me do this often, but we don’t have the energy to do it ALL the time. If this just gets ignored, consider how exhausting and exasperating that is for a guy, and how it disincentivizes making continued efforts of like kind, in trying to find a good woman. You complained that men aren’t finding you. Now you have someone engaging with you. Are you gonna blow it off and go back to complaining? Consider it not just for me, but any hypothetical guy who also likes Justin Peters which might imply a theological match, who sees this comment thread. It’s your opportunity to show what you’ve got. Then maybe someone can find you on Facebook if you use the same name, and reach out there. Stranger things have happened. I hope this is all useful to you, whether or not it’s pleasing. 💪

Give it to God. His timing is perfect. Draw closer to God and He will give you the desires of your heart. I submitted to God my desire for a godly and faithful man to building a godly home and family. I decided to grow deeper in my relationship with the Father and He provided the man at His timing. Been married for 15 years come July.

Jesus either removed the wrath of God on the cross or He didn't. If He did that for everybody, then no one will have to experience God's wrath in Hell. Otherwise, you're left with Jesus bearing God's wrath AND the sinner in hell bearing that same wrath themselves. Nonsense.

I agree.

Justin Peters is a dyed-in-the-wool Calvinist and has no shame in it either.

It’s their own sin that sends them to hell.please answer why God saves anyone? We all deserve hell and in his mercy he saves some and some he passes over.

@@dfischer5878 Except that Calvinists claim that everything - including Sin - was ordained specifically by God, even though in Jeremiah 19:5 we see that as being absolutely, and obviously false.

JOB1925, do you believe God is omniscient?

You better believe it. Because it's the truth. Most people are predestined for hell

I'm sorry but it was the best we could do.

@@JustinPetersMin ok thank you and God bless you, your family and Ministry 🙏✝️

​@@JustinPetersMin You've done a fantastic job with the sound quality of your videos, and as you can see from this comment it really matters, especially if people listen on a laptop or a phone (without headphones). There's a lot that can be done to prevent the message from getting lost in transmission. This time the issue was not at your end, however. One way to deal with the poor sound quality of a zoom call or similar is to have the guest record the audio on a separate device at his end and then email it to you. I understand this is way beyond your own resources, but hopefully you could find someone living closer to you that can help with the technical bit. It's a great way to serve our Lord.

The doctrines of grace are biblical

No... Jesus said he died to save His sheep. If He died & paid for the sins of all mankind, then that would logically result in universalism, which the Bible makes clear is not true.

Whosoever will but all won’t. Tell the world it’s open for them but the choice is individual one. Either you are Christ’s or you’re not…no third option and only God knows who are his own.

zandrello: Christ died for those who were under the law; and that all men were under the law, is shown by the fact that "whosoever will," may avail himself of the provisions of the gospel. The keynote of the Gospel call is “whosoever.” Whosoever Shall Believe: It is by faith that we are saved, and whosoever shall believe should see salvation. “God so loved the world, that he gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Rev. 22:17. “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Rom 10:13 No distinction is made; “for there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek.” Christ came “that he might reconcile both [Jew and Gentile] unto God in one body by the cross,” and “through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.” Eph. 2:16, 18. “…seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.” Rom. 3:30 The terms ‘by faith’ and ‘through faith’ have the same meaning. “I am the Door, by Me if any man enter in he shall be saved.” John 10:9 “For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.” Rom. 10:12 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." 1 Tim. 1:13. Therefore, since all are concluded under sin, it goes without saying that He came to save all. The provision is ample enough for all, but only those who believe can be made partakers. Unfortunately, too many will not acknowledge the authority of God's law, and will not confess themselves to be sinners, and therefore the "promise by faith of Jesus Christ" cannot be given to them; for we are taught in Gal 3:22, that it is necessary for men to be "concluded under sin," in order that they may be sharers in the promise by faith. This shows how the law works in harmony with the promise.

You are correct John 1:6-13 NASB95 - There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

For God so loved the world but the whole world won’t be saved. It’s a gift and some don’t open theirs.

Can you tell a sinner that Christ died for them?

@@benjamincoetzee1735 we can tell a sinner what scripture says” all that call upon the name of the Lord will be saved” We can not tell them Jesus died for them because scripture does not say that.

@@dfischer5878 Responding to the sinner by saying that “all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved” is not an answer to their question. Why not just be straightforward about what you believe the Bible teaches and tell them that you do not know if He died for them? I believe the scriptures clearly teach that Christ died for all, so the simple answer to the sinner would be yes. John 3:16 states: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. It does not say: For God so loved only the elect that He gave His only begotten Son, that all the elect should not perish but have everlasting life. The whoever believes follows from the word world, meaning that God gave His son for all. Which is consistent with the free gift coming to all men as stated in Romans 5.

@Rodrick Evans Defend my position? I'm not on trial here. Read John 3: 16

And we are ALL sinners. Since Adam and Ewe. There is no one without sin. So thank you Jesus that you died for us.❤ And those who died B.C lived by the law and God will judge them when He judge us. We will all be judged. And He is just. He is love. Thank you our Lord Jesus. Amen

Somehow I don't think you even listened to the whole video before commenting.

@@martinkantola3945 Where I live ( in Sweden) we don't have Kalvinism or how you spell it. So I thought it was interesting to listen to what you People have to say. I belong to a Babtiste Church. But it semes like you can't respect a different opinion. You semes very judgemental. I will not write any more comments.

@@marialadybug6261 Du svarade aldrig om du lyssnat på intervjun eller inte. Det är bättre att du faktiskt tar reda på vad som undervisas förrän du kritiserar. Det finns utmärkt undervisning också på svenska om du är intresserad, reformerta baptister i Sverige kan hjälpa dej. Sen kan du ta ställning till vad som är bibliskt eller inte.

Blessings to you, Betty! Thank you for listening :)

You are anti christ you have no idea qhat the bible says you dont believe it and have no idea what calvinism is hahaha Its not from calvin internet expert 😅😅😅😅😅

@@KeyboardWarriors-kj2tt Everything you said is made up, revilesome, and ignorant.

@@dankmartin6510 space cadet gooofy cult member

@@KeyboardWarriors-kj2tt again, there is no spirit indwelling in you when you use those words - repent and get an education.

@@dankmartin6510 fbi is coming to search your computer

The any most likely refers to the elect. If God truly purposed all would be saved, then all would be saved. But we are told not all are saved. I do not hold to the secret will and revealed will of God. We now have very limited understanding of God but we should accept what He has revealed even though we cannot completely comprehend it.

Follow the pronouns in 2 Peter 3:9 back to 3:1 to see who the “any” is.

@ooooo God is not a rapist, he is not going to force anybody to come to him. But a broken hearted,person who is turning from there sins in remorse, God well not reject.

@jackgtx440 please note, it said any ,it did not say the elect .

@ooooo God so love the elect ,that his only begotten son ,that whosoever of the elect believeth in him would not perish ,but the elect would have everlasting life . [ but in my 30 years of studying manualscrpt evidence, I can not find one that says that. ]

Well said!

Very good and interesting segment. Enjoyed watching. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be save. Romans 10:1-13. John 12:32. When I was a young man I realized I was a sinner in need of a Savior. I confessed my sins, and called unto Jesus and accepted his salvation and I became a born-again Christian. Everyone has the opportunity to accept Chist but not all will. Agrippa told Paul, "You almost persuade me". I am not almost persuade I know Jesus saved me even though I didn't deserve Salvation. I have seen the Cavinst and Armenian debate in Seminary and was interesting to watch and from time to time participate. Personally I have put my faith in Jesus and have accepted him as Lord and Savior. I have seen extremes on both sides where proponents for each became enemies which is sad. Glad to see this video respectfully presented the topic. The important thing is do you know Jesus as Lord and Savior or do you not know him Lord and Savior. Clearly, both of these men are Christians.

Kinda odd argument; Christ has a love for His creation it’s not a saving love. That 6 year old needs to be told she needs to cry out to God for mercy and believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ and His life if perfect obedience and His death on the cross. Just like all of us .

@@dfischer5878 This response is similar to one you gave in another comment on this thread and again you have not answered either question presented by the sinner or the 6 year old. So again, why not just be straightforward about what you believe the Bible teaches and just answer the question? Tell the child that you do not know if Jesus has a saving love for them or if He even died for them.

​​​​​​​​​@@benjamincoetzee1735 Where in the book of Acts do you find an apostle or evangelist, anyone, saying "Christ loves you" or "God loves you."? Right. Nowhere. They address sinners with "Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved." It's only in the last 150 years that evangelists have used, to any great degree, "God loves you" to reach sinners. Whether you are witnessing to an adult or child, use the book of Acts as a guide on how to evangelize. If the child or adult is elect, he/she will respond positively. If a child asks you if Christ died for him/her, answer Biblically. 'Jesus died for all the Father chooses (John 6); and, if you believe that He died for you, He will save you.'

Well said!

You should read some of Leighton Flower's books...

@@JOB1925pk Respectfully, I have read all that I need to from Leighton Flowers. His belief on the nature and the extent of the atonement is not Biblical; he also asserts that the New Birth is conditional. Not only does he believe these errors, and more, but he also teaches them. I fear for him, I truly do.

Amen!

We dealt with those verses in the video.

If God is not willing that any should perish, then He MUST have paid the penalty of their sin, However salvation is not forced upon a person, they must personally receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour. A gift can be received or it can be rejected. But the gift of salvation is offered to every man , woman and child.

​@@JustinPetersMin So you don't believe that everyone makes a conscious decision to either accept or deny Jesus Christ as Lord and savior...WOW. I honestly don't get it.

@Rodrick Evans that is like apples and oranges. When looking at the Bible as a whole and not just cherry picking it's very obvious that people make choices. It's a copout to blame God for the bad choices we make

@Rodrick Evans and you make the choice to accept Jesus as Lord and savior. That choice wasn't available for Lazarus since Jesus hadn't died for our sins yet. I just don't believe in Calvinism. That's fine. I'm an Arminist I believe we chose to follow Christ. God's knows who will or won't but he doesn't make it so he let's us choose

Brian is, quite honestly, just embarrassing. His Bible knowledge is very, very shallow. He cannot even pronounce some of the theological terms he has heard me use. I'm quite confident he will do a video rebutting this but, characteristically, for him, it will not be substantive. I would love to see Brian try to debate Mike Riccardi on this. I'd sell tickets. Brian is way over his head and he is blatantly dishonest. I saw him in a comment say, "I actually like Justin" while literally one day before he was calling me a false teacher, wolf, etc., etc., etc. He's just a blatant liar.

@@JustinPetersMin No different than you calling out everyone but claiming it is 'in love' and 'I don't hate you' - how can you make such distinction in such a hypocritical way?

Are you seriously coming on here calling these two fine men of God heretics?

@@jackgtx440 Absolutely I am. Jesus Christ died for all who believe in Him not just the followers of John Calvin. Limited Atonement is antichrist. With respect have you researched their TULIP doctrine? Have you researched John Calvin who had people burned to death for not following his doctrine? That is what their preaching is rooted in. May they repent that God may help them. 1 John 2 2, 2 Corinthians 5 14-15 and many more. 🙏

@@jackgtx440 Yes