Do you believe in UNIVERSAL salvation? If you say no, then you admit to QUALFICATIONS for atonement application. Can you identify those qualifications from scripture???? If not, then your view of the atonement provides no assurance to anyone at all.
I have given you FIVE Biblical evidences how one can know they are the elect.
Of course I do not believe in universal salvation. But if Jesus did not die for every man, your evidence is meaningless. It is like having that check, it looks just like everyone else's. Your check looks just as real as everyone else's, your evidence is the same. But when you go to cash it, there may be no money in that account if your view is true. If Jesus did not die for you, it doesn't matter what you believe, you are not going to be saved. It doesn't matter if you read your Bible every day, go to church every time the doors are opened, go on visitations, visit the sick, give to missions, etc... It doesn't matter what you do, if the money is not in the account, that check is not going to cash.
It is like these folks who believe in snake handling. They BELIEVE, but they die, because they misinterpret scripture.
This is what Jesus meant when he said to build your house on a rock and not the sand. Your faith has to have a foundation under it or your house will fall. If Jesus did not die for every man, then you have no solid foundation under you.
The man who built his house on the sand had faith, but his house was not built on something solid, something certain. So when the storm came, the house fell.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Jesus said many will call him Lord, in fact it is emphasized, being said twice, "Lord, Lord". They will prophesy in his name, cast out devils, and do many wonderful works, yet they are not saved.
But then note how Jesus tells the story of those who build a house on a rock, and others who build a house on the sand. When the storm came, the house on a rock stood, while the house built on sand fell.
Your faith has to have a rock under it, an absolute certainty. If you know that Jesus certainly died for all men, then you can know for a certainty that he died for you personally. Your faith is built on a rock.
But if you believe Jesus only died for some men, your faith is built on an uncertainty. You cannot possibly know for certain if Jesus died for you personally. When the storm comes, your house will fall.
Think about it.
