[kcox]

Didn't mean to post to you specifically, but to board in general. Especially those professing Calvinists out there.

To me the question seems very valid. If God could, at his good pleasure "elect" a people to himself, then what is the necessity of a sacrifice for our sin? If God chooses to "make us alive, spiritually", totally apart from any action on the part of spiritually dead mankind, than our salvation is a work of God the Father ,and Him alone.

If Salvation is the work of the Father, the actions of the Son seem to be quite meaningless. This really goes against scripture.

God could have, at His good pleasure, "elected" a people without the necessity of sending the Son. The soverignty of God is reason enough to "elect" a people, but obviously this is not the case in scripture.

T= total depravity.... ok

U= unconditional election....ok

L= limited atonement.... why is any atonement needed if God need simply elect one for salvation?

[stuartcr]

Perhaps there was no sacrifice for our sin.

[rwfromkansas]

Perhaps because we were sinful? God needs to provide a way to save his elect...to cleanse their sin...and Christ fulfilled that.

[CCWoody]

God could have, at His good pleasure, "elected" a people without the necessity of sending the Son.

Yes!--wouldn't have had quite the glorifying effect though. Next question!