All Means All, and That Is All It Means!

Martyn is seeking membership in the Covenant Protestant Reformed Fellowship in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. How often have we heard that when we try to explain the Reformed faith to Arminians? It is a very common objection, and a gross misunderstanding of Scripture. It is even a misunderstanding of language itself. What do words such as “all,” “every man,” “the world,” “whosoever” mean in Scripture? The easiest and most reliable way is to start with the axiom, ‘Scripture interprets Scripture’...