In Romans 8:32, Paul says, “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all…”. In Acts 20:28, Paul encourages the elders of Ephesian Church, “Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.” Both of these two passages indicate that God gave up his son for those who believe in him, the elect. John 17:9 says, “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom you have given Me; for they are yours.” In summary, the reformed view holds that Jesus died to make salvation a guarantee rather than a possibility and this purpose was definitely accomplished. The reformed view agrees that the death of Christ has infinite value, so it is sufficient to save all the people in the world. The Christ's death was of infinite value and if God had such a will, the whole human race could have been saved by it. It would have required no more suffering for Christ to offer salvation for whole people in the world. However, it’s not the intent of God in sending Jesus to die on the cross. Christ came into the world to save only those people given Him by the …show more content…
John says Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1John 2:2) In other passages, Paul advocates that Christ has reconcile the world to God, “that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.” (2 Corinthians 5:19). However, those reconciled people need to be reconciled to God, “We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” (2 Cor 5:20) Paul mentions that God is the savior of all men, especially of believers, “that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.” (1Timothy 4:10) Since God is the Savior of all men, so he is also savior of unbelievers. However, God is especially savior of