[CCWoody]

I dont want to get into the word game. God offered salvation TO THE WORLD, not for only a select few, so, Christ's shed blood on the cross is for whosoever will come. I suppose that only those who come, it is them only who it is effective for, but still, that blood shed was for the entire world, not just a few chosen.

Hmmm! I think we agree: Christ's shed blood on the cross is for whosoever will come.

The Calvinist position is simple and is stated thusly: God offered salvation TO THE WORLD. Christ's shed blood on the cross is for whosoever will come.

[RaceBannon]

Remember though, the CALVINIST believes that only those who are PRE-Destined will come. The Bible believer believes that only those who believe will come!

Calvinists believe that they are chosen and others are deliberately NOT chosen.

For God to create someone for the sole purpose of rejecting them in Hell, that is not a Loving God, so, even if God did know men would reject Him, He still had to offer them the salvation in Christ as the rest of the world in order to be consistent with the LOVE offered to those who believe.

If you ae predestined to believe, then those who do not believe never had a chance! That aint love, that is cruelty!

[fortheDeclaration]

The Calvinist position is simple and is stated thusly: God offered salvation TO THE WORLD. Christ's shed blood on the cross is for whosoever will come.

More word games Woody? And can anyone come? Or does God have to choose them first? So your 'whosoever'makes a mockery of the word.

Even so, come Lord Jesus