Rightglory
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Another example of denying a clear teaching of scripture by simply omitting the text that would deny your whole theory of atonement and election.All of them scriptures refer to His elect people. All the Father gave Him in election Jn 6:37-39
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
I know you read John 6:40
Vss 39 is a incarnational verse, It aligns with Col 1:20. God gave all men to Christ by virtue of Christ being born as man, he assumed our human natures in order to raise them to life. Death to life, immortality.
Now, comes the verse that you need. Here is God's will.. "THAT EVERYONE WHO SEES THE SON AND BELIEVES IIN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,.....
No election here and no limited atonement.
As well as the unscriptural idea that one must be Born Again before one believes. God desires all men to be saved, meaning He desires that all men would seek a relationship with Him in this life, to be in communion with Him, to work with Him to be conformed to His Image, to be perfected.
From the very beginning of NT history, being born again meant being baptised, when one is baptised they receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. John 3:5. Baptism was the rite of entering into Christ, His Kingdom.
There are two aspects to atonement. Objectively, Christ by His own will, assumed our human nature in order to defeat the curse of death upon mankind. It was objective, man had nothing to do with it.
The secondary part was His sacrifice for sin, here it is available to all men, but God does not impose upon man whether one avails himself of the forgiveness of sin. God does not impose a relationship with Him, but only through the free will of man. God, through the Holy Spirit calls all men to repentance.