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You are absolutely wrong on this, Paul clearly states in those verses that christ died for the elect according to the scriptures, what scriptures? The old test scriptures, the old test scriptures shows forth all the way through that the death of christ is limited. Gen 3: 15...when he called abraham, the formation of the people of israel, the sacrifices and what they symbolized..All of old test scripture points to the elect of God as being the ones for whom christ died. Is 53, old test scripture, is referring to the elect, my people is talking about the elct the sheep.
Sir, first Paul NEVER says literally in 1 Cor 15:1-4 (“here”) that “christ died for the elect according to the scriptures,” as the term elect is not even used. Is "according to the Scriptures" referring to Isa 53, YES. Is Christ's dying for the elect referred to in Isa 53, YES, but that is not Paul's empahsis in 1 Cor 15. Is it implied here as secondary, yes, but it is not the primary emphasis of this group of verses.

Second, in my previous post, I was very careful to use the term “here,” not “there” (Isa 53, etc.). Paul’s empahsis “here” is on belief, not election, in the death and resurrection of Christ according to the “scriptures.” Though Isa 53 speaks of Limited Atonement, Isa 53 also speaks of the death and resurrection of Christ and belief (Isa 53:1) and this is Paul’s point in 1 Cor 15. Paul is emphasizing a particular part of the Gospel the belief “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:1). Now, does "according to the Scripture", include Limited Atonement, of course, but it also includes a whole lot more ... the major emphasis here is faith, death, and resurrection though, not election--look at the reminder of the chapter ..


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Yes I do espouse that part of the Gospel message that paul preached is limited atonement and election , you can call it points of calvinism if you like but it is the word of God.
I am glad you are a Calvinist, so am I. However, TULIP is not the only sermon in the Bible. This was my point—reread the post.

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You cannot get away from it, the gospel paul preached contained the truth of limited atonement, if you deny it, you deny scripture..period !
Yes, Paul did preach Limited Atonement, but that is not his emphasis in 1 Cor 15:1-4. You are presupposing too much upon the text using your methodology (Isogesis). Its like a Charismatic seeing a demon behind every bush, you are empasizing a TULIP, to the exclusion of other doctrines (i.e. faith), in every verse.

Reformed and Always Reforming,