Calvin on unlimited atonement

[brightfame52]

From Albert Barnes, one of your own:

Matt Poole:

Matthew Poole's Commentary
For unto you it is given; he adds a further argument to move them unto that he had exhorted, from God’s freely bestowing, of his mere grace, what he had required of them.

In the behalf of Christ; upon the account of Christ’s merit and mediation; not that they could have either evangelical faith, or patience, by virtue of their own strength, Philippians 4:13.

Not only to believe on him; that they did not only believe Christ, but believe on him, was not from any power of their own, John 6:37,44, but of God’s free gift, Ephesians 2:8, as they had an instance amongst them in Lydia, Acts 16:14; unto her and others was this victorious grace of faith freely given by the hearing of the word, which was not unto many others that heard, Matthew 13:11 2 Thessalonians 3:2 Titus 1:1; and as the grace itself was given, so was the exercise of it.

 

[Jim]

Matt Poole:

If Matt Poole is appealing to Ephesians 2:8 to support the idea that faith is a gift of God, then that lack of knowledge of Greek tells me all I need to know about him. And none of the other passages he referenced supports the idea that faith is a gift.

Neither you nor Poole seem to even know what it means to believe in something, let alone what it means to believe in God.

I will not be consulting him any time soon. Thanks for the alert.

 

[brightfame52]

If Matt Poole is appealing to Ephesians 2:8 to support the idea that faith is a gift of God, then that lack of knowledge of Greek tells me all I need to know about him. And none of the other passages he referenced supports the idea that faith is a gift.

Neither you nor Poole seem to even know what it means to believe in something, let alone what it means to believe in God.

I will not be consulting him any time soon. Thanks for the alert.

Like I said, you gave me proof that you dont believe scripture. Don't ever tell me to show you scripture to validate a point, its a farce, pretense.

 

[TomL]

Like I said, you gave me proof that you dont believe scripture. Don't ever tell me to show you scripture to validate a point, its a farce, pretense.

You have given to many here proof you do not believe scripture.

Ephesians 2:8–9 (LEB) — 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

And that not of yourselves. That is, salvation does not proceed from yourselves. The word rendered that—τοῦτο—is in the neuter gender, and the word faith—πίστις—is in the feminine. The word “that,” therefore, does not refer particularly to faith, as being the gift of God, but to the salvation by grace of which he had been speaking. This is the interpretation of the passage which is the most obvious, and which is now generally conceded to be the true one; see Bloomfield1

1 Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament: Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians (ed. Robert Frew; London: Blackie & Son, 1884–1885), 42.

Faith is according to grace

Romans 4:16 (LEB) — 16 Because of this, it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

And access into the grace is through faith

Romans 5:1–2 (LEB) — 1 Therefore, because we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.


The pronoun it in verse 9, therefore references salvation.

It is not from works, so that no one can boast.