If (a) the Son has come to do the will of the Father, and if (b) the will of the Father is that the Son should give eternal life to all whom the Father has given Him, and if (c) the Father didn’t give Him the world but only some out of the world, then the redemption accomplished by the Son is particular, not universal.
Shepherd’s Conference 2022, Triune Salvation: Why the Unity of the Trinity Demands a Definite Atonement.
Shepherd’s Conference 2022, Triune Salvation: Why the Unity of the Trinity Demands a Definite Atonement.
Each person of the Trinity fully subsists in the undivided divine essence. While the persons can be distinguished from one another, they can never be divided from one another.
Shepherd’s Conference 2022, Triune Salvation: Why the Unity of the Trinity Demands a Definite Atonement.
Seven Biblical Propositions: There is one God. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Spirit is God. The Father is not the Son. The Son is not the Spirit. The Spirit is not the Father
Shepherd’s Conference 2022, Triune Salvation: Why the Unity of the Trinity Demands a Definite Atonement.
Because the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are perfectly united in their essence, the three persons of the Trinity must be perfectly united both (a) in their saving intentions and (b) their saving acts. What the Father wills must be what the Son wills, and what the Son wills must be what the Spirit wills. Those whom the Father intends to save must be the same exact number as those whom the Son intends to save, and those whom the Son intends to save must be the same exact number as those whom the Spirit intends to save. And since Scripture teaches (a) that the Father has chosen to save a particular people and not all without exception, and since it teaches (b) that the Spirit will regenerate that same particular people and not all without exception, it also teaches (c) that the Son has atoned for that same particular people and not all without exception. To say otherwise is to strike at the heart of the unity of the Triune God. It is to undermine the doctrine of the Trinity, the most fundamental doctrine of Christianity. Unity in the Trinity demands a particular redemption.
Shepherd’s Conference 2022, Triune Salvation: Why the Unity of the Trinity Demands a Definite Atonement.