The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Arminian Atonement of John Piper

Strictly speaking, the term "prerequisite [unto]" carries with it the idea of something to be done BEFORE or IN ORDER TO enter into something else it is the requirement thereunto..., The reprobate wicked cannot be saved EVEN IF they fulfilled the alleged universal "prerequisite" of faith and repentance, because CHRIST'S BLOOD WAS NOT SHED FOR THEM! To assert the opposite, implies a hypothetically universal, conditional atonement! To assert the contrary means that Christ in a certain sense died for all men (and we are back to the square one). But Christ did not die to redeem everybody, IF they fulfill the "prerequisite"! He died to save His people and He SHALL save His people from their sins.