If Christ had not paid the sins for everyone, no one can know Christ paid one's own sins.
1. This is a man-made philosophy.
2. 37 has embraced some other man-made philosophies, at times.
3. Once, our 37 had a man-made philosophy in his mind, I have never seen a case in which he changed his position.
4. I would never want to be the one responsible for having changed 37's mind on some issue, since anything that might need changing would have to be accomplished by The Holy Spirit.
5. Why I still try to quote 37 scriptures like this one below, I do not know.
Romans 8:16
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God".
However, this scripture is true, because it is in God's word, and it teaches that there is an Assurance of Salvation that can be known, experientially, by the ones whom it calls,
"children of God", when, "The Spirit itself beareth witness with" their "spirit".
Whether General Redemption was true, or not, and those that taught General Redemption actually also thought anyone could ever really know that they were saved, and if so, that they also thought they could have any Assurance of Salvation, and not have the belief that they could still lose it, Romans 8:16 would still be true.
In the same way, Romans 8:16 is true, granted a Limited Atonement is true, with its proponents actually believing God's children can definitely know that they are saved Eternally and that they have Full Assurance of Salvation, and don't have any belief of there being a possibility for them of ever losing it, under any circumstances.
The fact that one can know Christ paid one's own sins,
One can know Christ paid for one's own sins is a fact.
However,
The fact that one can know Christ paid one's own sins
is irrelevant to any idea that tries to advance the notion;
Christ paid everyone's sins.
much less, for it to be able to be seen as some;
Christ paid everyone's sins.
1 John 2:2, ". . . And he is the propitiation for our sins:
The sins of the Jews, as it was a Jew speaking, also, and it was Jews being spoken to, who are the ones referred to in that verse as,
"our".
With
"ours", again, referring to them being Jews.
but also for the sins of the whole world. . . .
So, we have that verse saying,
"
our sins" + "
the sins of the whole world without exception"?
Wouldn't the sins of the Jews have already been included if they just said,
"
the sins of the whole world without exception"?
And btw, why didn't they say, "
the sins of the whole world without exception", if that's what it is supposed to mean?
And btw, they didn't say, "
the sins of the whole world without exception".
That is just not said at all. Period.
Is it?
The group of people that existed, as opposed to the Jews, were the Gentiles,
and the Gentiles are all over the place in secular writing of the time and throughout the New Testament are often mentioned and referred to by the name,
"the world".
The only thing more prevalent than those occurrences are the times at which the Bible teaches equality with regard to the Jews and the Gentiles and their identical experiences with regard to salvation, OF WHICH THIS IS JUST ONE MORE TIME THAT SIMILARITY, with regard to the salvation of the Jews and the Gentiles, IS BEING BROUGHT OUT AND TAUGHT.
By way of commentary, we should see from that verse,
"Our sins", as Jews,
were Atoned for by Christ,
in exactly the same way that
"the sins of" the Elect children of God,
chosen from among
"the whole world" of the Gentiles
were Atoned for by Christ.
1 John 5:10, ". . . he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. . . .'
No relevance(?)
John 3:36, ". . . He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. . . ."
While
"believeth" is not another way of salvation, this verse is an argument for a child of God being able to know that they are a child of God.
That is the purpose of that verse.
Has that individual, in the past tense, after they have been saved, shown evidence of having,
"believeth on the Son" which would include the historical facts regarding Jesus being the Son, that He was Virgin born, lived a Perfect Life and died for the sins of His people on the cross, was buried, and rose again.
Have they already been saved and granted repentance and faith in the New Birth and that it is by the Spiritually Empowering SUPERNATURAL LIFE that is now in them, that they are saying it was on that "Son", as their Savior they are talking about when they,
"believeth on the Son"?
Well, then, the Bible says it is they who "hath everlasting life".
2 Peter 2:1, ". . . But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying
the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. . . ."
1a. To add to the scripture, and say
"that bought" is equivalent in meaning to,
"making a
propitiation for our sins", similar to I John 2:2, is just another man-made philosophy, as in 1.), above.
Jude 1:4, ". . . For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. . . ."
Those lost souls who had always been lost and who remained lost, because they were among those
"who were before of old (from Eternity Past) ordained to this condemnation", showed that they were lost by being, "ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness", and yet also totally confirmed they were lost by not only denying The Lord, the Bible says, but in addition to that denial, they also denied everything about
"our Lord Jesus Christ", including the salvation He had Accomplished for the children God had given Him.
There is certainly no mention in Jude 1:4 of anything that had been
"bought" in any way, at any time.