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Again, that God purchased the church with his own bloodis not to say that the atonement was limited to those whowould be saved. e Calvinist Limited Atonement doctrinemust be read into these verses.John 11:49-52--“And one of them, named Caiaphas,being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Yeknow nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient forus, that one man should die for the people, and that thewhole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself:but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesusshould die for that nation; and not for that nation only, butthat also he should gather together in one the children ofGod that were scattered abroad.”Arthur Pink says that he would be willing to rest hisdoctrine of Limited Atonement upon this passage “more thanany other” (e Sovereignty of God, p. 66).But John 11:49-52 says nothing about the extent of Christ’satonement. To say that Jesus died for those who will be savedis not to say that He died ONLY for those who would besaved.Verses at Are Used to Support the CalvinistDoctrine of Irresistible GraceAccording to this Calvinist doctrine, God’s call to the electis effectual and cannot be resisted. e dead sinner issovereignly regenerated and granted the “gi of faith.” “atsome, in time, have faith given them by God, and others haveit not given, proceeds from his eternal decree; for ‘knownunto God are all his works from the beginning,’ etc. (Acts15:18; Eph. 1:11). According to which decree he graciouslysoens the hearts of the elect, however hard, and he bendsthem to believe; but the non-elect he leaves, in his judgment,to their own perversity and hardness” (summary derivedfrom the Synod of Dort). e Westminster Confession addsthe following: “is effectual call is of God’s free and special113