Originally Posted by Robin
My point is that since we don't know who the elect are, we must offer redemption in Christ to "whosoever will," without discrimination, to everyone. Leaving the results to God.
Semantical difference perhaps, but I do not believe we offer redemption in Christ to whosover will, but rather we proclaim redemption in Christ which encompasses far more than the typical "gospel" of today and call sinners to repentance and faith. Jesus is recorded as summing things up in these 'evangelistic' words:

Matthew 11:25-30 (ASV) "At that season [having preached the Gospel and doing many marvelous works throughout the land which most rejected] Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him.] Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

We bring the truth of God, of the Fall and its consequences, of man's natural state, of Christ's perfect righteousness and substitutionary death for sinners, of the Judgment to come and then the promise of God to save all those who truly repent of their sins and believe upon Christ. The salvation of God is for those only who are laboring and heavy laden (with the guilt of sin and the inability to do anything about it). Christ came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. The PROCLAMATION is promiscuous, the CALL to repentance and faith is unrestricted. But it is NOT an "invitation" to make Jesus your Savior and/or Lord. Nor is it a proposition to let Jesus into your heart.

Acts 17:30-31 (KJV) "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead."

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