There are a few misconceptions the Arminian heretics seem to carry.
First, God is one. This means that God's sovereignty does not override his
other attributes but qualifies them. Also it means that God who is the
sufficient one is in and of Himself first and foremost these qualities within
Himself as the divine trinity. What I mean is that what God does outside of
Himself is based upon who He is inside of Himself. (Therefore I am not focusing too much on
God's sovereignty as you are accusing me of missing the forest for the trees -
this I will accuse you all of doing).
Romans 5:8 speaks of us (the Church, The elect, called out
ones). As for John 1:29 - you must take Scripture as a whole and not impute
meaning on a word that is foreign to the whole of Scripture. John is a
theologian. When John says world he means that Christ is given to the elect who
are dispersed not only amongst the Jews, but also the Gentiles. This is what
made the "Love" of God so significant that no longer is it Jew and
Gentile. This is the mystery revealed according to Paul.
The word "ALL" is an elastic term. It does not
have to mean all people who ever existed universally, but it can also mean all
the people who are part of a group. Say you have a class of students in a
particular class the teacher ask - ok are we all here?
As for John 3:18 - the antithesis of this is given in John
3:16. Fortunately John limits the atonement even here to those who do believe.
So who is it that God loves, who God gave the atonement to? those who do
believe (who we later know as the Elect of God, the Sheep). The fact that John
says these men are already condemned gives credence to the fact that God did
not love these men at all.
Romans 6:23 - shows us the fact that Immortality is
conditioned upon those being in Christ alone (Covenant language right here).
God I said sovereignly uses secondary causes (in a sense) to
bring about His purposes. What this means is that God the immediate actor who
controls all things (He alone has free will). But even if He controls all
things directly, he is still not to be one who is responsible for the actions
themselves. For one thing it is not God who does the acts. These men whom God
causes to do the act does them. Unfortunately the evil act is a sign of God's
hardening, whereas the good act (in some cases) is a sign of softening - like
for the elect of God whom God softens.
The Gospel is proclaimed Christ alone did in fact in an act
of imputation (not from us - but from God) took upon Himself the sins of His
people. It is because Christ died for His people that by the grace of God these
people are made new and given light to see. The Gospel is about God's Justice.
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