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Total Depravity o The wicked actions of men

Gen 45:5; Gen 50:20; Exo 4:21; Jdg 14:1-4; Psa
Man is constituted a sinner by his relationship with Adam Psa 51:5; 76:10; Pro 16:4; Isa 44:28; Amos 3:6; Act 2:22-23;
Psa 58:3; Rom 5:18-19 He is therefore unable Act 4:27-28
1. To do anything good o The actions of evil spirits
1Sam 16:14-16; 1Ki 22:19-23; 1Chr 21:1/2Sam 24:1
Gen 6:5; Job 15:14-16; Psa 130:3; Psa 143:2; Pro 20:9; Ecc
7:20; Isa 64:6; Jer 13:23; John 3:19; Rom 3:9-12; Jam 3:8; o The good actions of men
1John 1:8 John 15:16; Eph 2:10; Phi 2:12-13
2. To believe in God (or come to him) o The actions of good angels
John 6:44; John 6:65; John 8:43-45; John 10:26; John 12:37- Psa 103:20; Psa 104:4
41 o The actions of animals
3. To understand the truth Num 22:28; 1Ki 17:4; Psa 29:9; Jer 8:7; Eze 32:4;
Dan 6:22
John 14:17; 1Cor 2:14
4. To seek God o The operations of all creation
Gen 8:22; Psa 104:5-10; Psa 104:13-14; Psa 104:19-
Rom 3:10-11
He is dead in sins Gen 2:16-17; John 3:5-7; Eph 2:1-3; Col 2:13 He is 20; Mark 4:39
2. Man is not permitted to question his sovereign acts
blinded and corrupt in his heart Gen 6:5; Gen 8:21; Ecc 9:3; Jer
17:9; Mark 7:21-23; John 3:19-21; Rom 8:7-8; Eph 4:17-19; Eph 5:8 Job 33:12-13; Isa 29:16; Isa 45:9-10; Mat 20:1-16; Rom 9:19-
He is captive to sin and Satan John 8:34; John 8:44; Rom 6:20; 2Tim 24
2:25-26; Tit 3:3; 1John 5:19 He performs actions freely according to
his nature, but his nature is wholly evil Job 14:4; Mat 7:16-18; Mat God elects [i.e. chooses, predestines, foreordains]
12:33; Mark 7:21-23; Jam 1:13-14 1. His angels
1Tim 5:21
Unconditional Election 2. His peculiar people, Israel
Exo 6:7; Deu 7:6-8; Deu 10:14-15; Psa 33:12; Isa 43:20-21
God is Sovereign Exo 15:18; 1Chr 29:11-12; 2Chr 20:6; Psa 22:28 3. Individuals to salvation
1. He exercises that sovereignty in actively ordaining Psa 65:4; Mat 24:24; John 6:37; John 15:16; Act 13:48; Rom
everything 8:28-30; Rom 9:10-24; Rom 11:5-7; Eph 1:3-6; Eph 1:11-12;
Deu 32:39; 1Sam 2:6-8; Job 9:12; Job 12:6-10; Psa 33:11; 1The 1:4; 1The 5:9; 2The 2:13-14
Psa 115:3; Psa 135:6; Isa 14:24; Isa 45:7; Act 15:18; Eph 1:11 4. Individuals to condemnation
o Including matters of “chance” Exo 4:21; Rom 9:13; Rom 9:17-18; Rom 9:21-22; 1Pet 2:8
Pro 16:33; 1Ki 22:20, 34, 37
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His motivation in election 3. The people for whom Christ intercedes are the same as the
1. His own good pleasure people for whom he offered himself up as a sacrifice
Eph 1:5; 2Tim 1:9 Heb 7:24-27; Heb 9:12 [note context, in which entering into the holy
2. The display of his glory place is explicitly for the purpose of intercession], 24-28 [For a fuller
Isa 43:6-7; Rom 9:22-24; 1Cor 1:27-31; Eph 2:4-7; Pro 16:4 understanding of the indissoluble connection between sacrifice and
3. His special love intercession, read Hebrews chapters 7-10]
Deu 7:6-8; 2The 2:13
4. His foreknowledge The atonement of Christ is effective
Rom 8:29; 1Pet 1:2 1. To justify
o Which means his special love Isa 53:11 [the single effective cause of justification in view
Jer 1:5; Amos 3:2; Mat 7:22-23; 1Cor 8:3; 2Tim 2:19; here is the bearing of iniquities; all whose iniquities Christ
1Pet 1:20 bore must be justified]; Rom 8:34 [the argument here is
o But not: that the fact of Christ's death, resurrection, and intercession
Any good [nobility, wisdom, power, choice, seeking] is in itself an incontrovertibly effective reason for non-
he foresees in anyone Deu 7:7; Rom 9:11-13; Rom condemnation; if this verse is true, then no one for whom
9:16; Rom 10:20; 1Cor 1:27-29; 1Cor 4:7; 2Tim 1:9 Christ died and was raised to intercede may be condemned]
2. To redeem and cleanse from sins
Limited Atonement Eph 5:25-27; Tit 2:14
3. To propitiate the Father
God purposed to redeem a certain people and not others 1Chr 1John 2:2 [“propitiation” means “the turning away or
17:20-21; Mat 22:14; 1Pet 2:8-9 [see “God elects individuals to appeasement of wrath”; therefore, by definition, the Father
salvation”/God elects individuals to condemnation”] has no more wrath against those whose sins have been
1. It is for these in particular that Christ gave his life propitiated]; 1John 4:10
Isa 53:10-11; Mat 1:21; John 6:35-40; John 10:3-4, 11, 14- 4. To raise to new life
15; Act 20:28; Eph 5:25 [we are commanded to love our 2Cor 5:14-15 [the argument is a simple “if/then”
wives in the same way that Christ loved the church and gave proposition: “if” Christ died for someone, “then,” with no
himself for it; therefore, if Christ loved and gave himself for other conditions, that person died with him and was raised
all people in the same way, we are commanded to love all again]; 1Pet 3:18
women in the same way that we love our wives]; Heb 2:17;
Heb 9:15 [See also, “Jesus' death purchased for his people a new heart; –
2. It is for these in particular that Christ intercedes faith; – repentance”. Jesus died in order to establish the New
John 17:1-2; John 17:6-12; John 17:20-21, 24-26; Rom 8:34 Covenant (Mat. 26:26-29, etc.); the New Covenant promised faith,
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repentance and knowledge of God (Jer. 31:33-34, Ez. 36:26-27, 4. The word “all” is often used to indicate all of a set, or even
etc.); therefore, Jesus died in order to provide faith, repentance, many representatives of a set
and knowledge of God, as the fulfillment of a unilateral promise. Mat 10:22; 1Cor 6:12; 1Cor 15:22; Mat 2:3; John 4:29; Act
This means that his death had a definite purpose which was 10:39; Act 17:21; Act 21:28; Act 26:4
intended for some and not others. His death effectively purchased 5. Or, to indicate all “classes” or “nations,” not all individuals
faith; not all have faith; and so his death had an effective intent that Mat 5:11; Act 2:17; Act 10:12
was limited to certain persons.] 6. The word “world” is often used in the sense of “many,” or
“all of a set”
Those whom God purposed to redeem include all who believe Luk 2:1-2; John 6:33; John 12:19; Act 19:27; Rom 1:8
John 3:16
1. From every nation Additional reasons that the atonement of Christ is not for all the
Rev 5:9 sins of all people
2. From every class 1. God punishes people in hell, which would be unjust if their
Gal 3:28; 1Tim 2:1-6 [the first “all men” is explicitly tied to sins were atoned for
all classes of men, which gives warrant for understanding Mark 9:43-44
the second “all men” in the same way] 2. If one were to say, “their sins are atoned for, but that
3. Therefore, Christ's saving work is commonly spoken of in atonement is not applied because of unbelief,” he fails to
terms of “all,” “world,” etc. realize that unbelief is likewise a sin
John 1:29; Tit 2:11-14 [in the context of “all men” is the Heb 3:12 [“The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the
delimiting concept of a peculiar people, zealous of good Son underwent punishment for either: 1) All the sins of all
works]; Heb 2:9-10 [notice that the many sons whom Christ men; 2) All the sins of some men; or 3) Some of the sins of
brings to glory gives a contextual delimiter to the term all men. In which case it may be said: 1) If the last be true all
“every”]; 2Pet 3:9 [note that this desire is explicitly limited men have some sins to answer for, and so none are saved;
to “us” (Peter was writing to fellow-believers) in the 2) That if the second be true, then Christ, in their stead
context]; 1John 2:2 [propitiation means “appeasement of suffered for all the sins of the elect in the whole world, and
wrath”; either Jesus appeases God's wrath against all, and this is the truth; 3) But if the first is the case, why are not all
therefore hell (which is the place where God's wrath men free from the punishment due unto their sins? You
resides) is non-existent; or the “whole world” means answer, Because of unbelief. I ask, Is this unbelief a sin, or is
something different than “every individual who ever lived”. it not? If it be, then Christ suffered the punishment due
See John 11:51-52, and “The word 'world' is often used in unto it, or He did not. If He did, why must that hinder them
the sense of 'many,' or 'all of a set'”] more than their other sins for which He died? If He did not,
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He did not die for all their sins!” – John Owen, The Death of The Father writes his own word upon (places the fear of himself in,
Death in the Death of Christ] etc.) his people's hearts Jer 31:33; Jer 32:40; Mat 16:15-17; Luk
3. God bears eternal wrath against people, which by definition 10:21; John 6:45; 2Cor 4:6 The beginning of salvation is the
means that his wrath against them has not been propitiated sovereign impartation of spiritual life into a heart which had been
[appeased] dead, thereby causing it to exercise faith 1John 5:1; Eze 37:3-6, 11-
1The 2:16; 2The 1:6-9 14; John 1:11-13; John 3:3-8; John 5:21; Eph 2:1-5; Jam 1:18; 1Pet
1:3; 1John 2:29 True offers of grace in the outward gospel call may
Intentions of Christ’s death other than atonement be resisted by men who do not have this new heart Act 17:32-33 In
fact, true offers of grace will always be resisted by such men John
1. To make a public display of demons 10:24-26; John 12:37-40 But there are some whom God causes to
Col 2:13-15 come to him Psa 65:4; Psa 110:3; John 6:37-40; Rom 9:15
2. To rule over everyone
Rom 14:9 Perseverance of the Saints
3. To redeem creation
Isa 35:1-4; Rom 8:20-23 What God begins, he finishes Psa 138:8; Ecc 3:14; Isa 46:4; Jer
4. To lay the foundation for a genuine gospel call 32:40; Rom 11:29; Phi 1:6; 2Tim 4:18 Of all whom he has called and
John 6:39-40; John 7:37-38 brought to Christ, none will be lost John 6:39-40; John 10:27-29;
5. To provide temporal mercies for the non-elect Rom 8:28-31; Rom 8:35-39; Heb 7:25; Heb 10:14 God's preservation
Mat 5:45; 1Tim 4:10 of the saints is not irrespective of their continuance in the faith
1Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:5; Heb 3:14; Heb 6:4-6; Heb 10:26-
Irresistible Grace 27; Heb 12:14; Rev 21:7-8; Rev 22:14-15 However, it is God who
sanctifies us and causes us to persevere John 15:16; 1Cor 1:30-31;
Faith and Repentance (as well as the new heart which is able to 1Cor 6:11; 1Cor 12:3; 1Cor 15:10; Gal 3:1-6; Eph 2:10; Phi 2:12-13;
produce them) are themselves gifts of God 1The 5:23-24; Heb 13:20-21; 1John 2:29; Jud 1:24-25.
1. A new heart
Deu 30:6; Eze 11:19; Eze 36:26-27
2. Faith
John 3:27, 6:63-65; Phi 1:29; 2Pet 1:1; Act 16:14; Act 18:27;
Eph 2:8-10
3. Repentance
Act 5:3; Act 11:18; 2Tim 2:25-26; 1Cor 4:7