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You believe a false doctrine about the propitiatory death of Christ. I believe what the Bible teaches about the propitiatory death of Christ.

 

Apparently, Martin Lloyd-Jones placed much less emphasis on Biblical sound doctrine than God's Word does:

2 John 1:10-11 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

(emphasis mine)

 

By your very own words, you teach a gospel conditioned on man and not 100% on the free grace of God in Christ.

 

1. There is no way to know that. One would have to assume that we have complete sermons in all cases in the Bible, which we do not; for example: Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort.

(emphasis mine)

2. By teaching, as the Bible does, that God elected, God chose, God predestinated, it eliminates the idea of man electing himself in some form or fashion, or man choosing in some form or fashion, or man deciding in some form or fashion by his own "libertarian free will". The language of exclusivity eliminates any idea opposed to it.

3. I would not want to proclaim a "partial Christ". The apostle Paul certainly did not: Acts 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you.

 

The false teaching of general redemption says that God will punish people for the exact same sins that Christ paid the full penalty for already.

The only way out of the theological corner you have painted yourself into is if you believe that all people will eventually be saved, either in this life or in the future age/ages, as "Christian universalists" teach.

 

See my post #27 earlier in this thread.

 

When the gospel is preached, which should be what every sermon is about, it should include that Christ will save His people by His propitiatory sacrifice, not necessarily in those exact words but there are plenty of Biblical ways to proclaim Christ's effectual redemption of those for whom He died when proclaiming the gospel truth of perfect righteousness, imputation, justification, glorification, predestination, etc.

 

The gospel is a declaration of finished work of Christ, it is not a offer. God does with His creation according to His purposes, not the other way around.

 

God never leaves His elect in false doctrine. For example, He brought Apollos, in His timing, under the hearing of the gospel so that he would hear and believe: Acts 18:26 Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

 

God regenerates His elect by giving them a new heart to replace their stony hearts and gives the gifts of repentance toward God and faith toward the Christ. God's elect are made willing in the day of His power (Psalms 110:3)

As Jonah said in Jonah 2:9: "Salvation is of the Lord."

 

Apparently, you do not believe Christ when He said, "It is finished." Apparently, you believe that Christ is only a partial savior and that His propitiatory death did not save anyone(and could end up saving no one) but did nothing more than to make everyone savable if they finish the work that Christ started. Thus, according to your teaching, Christ could end up saving no one at all if no one meets whatever conditions you think humans have to meet for salvation using their alleged "libertarian free will."