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Now insults to defend your position?

Choosing to believe as an act of the will?

Universal atonement is Pelagianism (not Christianity) Because it saves no one. As you affirm, it gives people the opportunity to save themselves by works. What other than by Free Will? = Pelagianism. A Heresy according to the early church.

But sin deadens the will so it cannot discern spiritual truth. So I take it you believe in free will? Condemned as heresy at Ephesus is 431?

"Opportunity"? To save yourself? What else could it mean?

I have plenty of scripture that proves it. But I have more to offer first. Universal atonement results in salvation by works. Because it didn’t save anyone. It only supposedly cleared the way for people to save themselves through works of obedience. This became known as Pelagianism, condemned...

It proves Jesus didn't save anyone according to you. As you say he supposedly made a way for not too sinful people to save themselves.

That is your interpretation. The bible does not teach universal atonement.

= all would not save themselves...............

You are suggesting salvation is by works when you say the lost have an opportunity...... to save themselves? How else can it be taken? What about the helpless as Luther points out?

His blood paid for the sins of those who by grace believe. Most do not believe and perish. So you deny that his shed blood saves. Or they would be saved.

Opportunity to save yourself by works.

This ends in salvation by works. Try to prove it does not.

I'm proving that universal atonement = salvation by works. Prove that it is not.

God promised Abraham salvation of the whole world. That is Jews and Gentiles. So in this case the whole world is not each and every person, but the elect who live in the whole world. Just as most of Isreal was not saved, except a small remnant of elect. Also, consider the New World where all...

So what saves you when most perish?

So? Do you think you saved yourself using your free will?

I don't think you can refute him, the Catholics could not. Let's put it this way. Do you believe in free will salvation?

More Luther: Sect. 164.—I OMIT to bring forward that truly Achillean Scripture of mine, which the Diatribe proudly passes by untouched—I mean, that which Paul teaches, Rom. vii. and Gal. v., that there is in the saints, and in the godly, so powerful a warfare between the spirit and the flesh...

Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit you must have before you can believe. So you don't really believe until after God saves you. In that case, it proves Jesus paid for your sins. Your choosing to believe only proves you don't believe in truth or you would not need to choose.