Particular Atonement and the Well-Meaning Offer (2)

With this doctrine of Particular Atonement the theory of a well-meaning offer of salvation to all who hear the preaching of the Gospel is simply irreconcilable. The former excludes the latter; the latter denies the former. Neither is the doctrine of such a well-meaning offer to be found in all of Holy Writ or any of our Reformed Standards, least of all the passages quoted by the Synod of 1924 in support of the first of its notorious "three points". Point I, as far as its content is concerned,...