Thesis Statement For Atonement

THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT

A PAPER SUBMITTED TO
DR. ROBERT WETMORE
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY II

BY
JACOB A. KESLING
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
AUGUST 10, 2009

Table of Contents

Thesis Statement

3

Introduction: Why this Discussion is Important

3-4

Limited Atonement

5

Biblical Foundation for Limited Atonement

5-7

Other Theological Considerations for Limited Atonement

7-8

Unlimited Atonement

9

Biblical Foundation for Unlimited Atonement

9-12

Other Theological Considerations for Unlimited Atonement

12-13

Conclusion

13

Bibliography

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THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT

Thesis Statement
This essay will briefly explore two views
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”19 The Greek meaning for the word “world” is kosmos, which means “the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ.”20 Do these verses using the word “world” somehow point to the elect? It does not seem that way. This word seems to allude to the fact that Christ’s death was meant for all mankind not just a portion of it.21
There are other verses to consider in the view of unlimited atonement. These verses use the words such as “all”, “many”, and “everyone”, and seem to be pointing to a universal atonement. Isaiah says, “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us