Originally Posted by Pilgrim
4. You have no biblical warrant to tell anyone that "Christ died for THEM" personally since God has elected only some to receive redemption in Christ whom He sent to accomplish their redemption through His perfect obedience, death and resurrection. Nowhere in Scripture will you find this phrase used in a gospel message preached or taught by the inspired writers or examples of anyone else telling men indiscriminately that Christ died for them. This is something which belongs to those who HAVE COME to Christ by faith, who have been washed in His blood, who have been given the Holy Spirit and Who testifies to their spirit that they are children of God. (cf. Gal 2:20)... in which Paul again makes it very clear that the love of God is inextricably bound to the love of God, the sending of Christ Who actually saves specific individuals.

This is exactly why I asked about Peter's sermon at Pentacost. And it applies to all the other public sermons by the Apostles that's given to us in Scripture.

This is my last post on this topic.

Johan