WHY PREACH ATONEMENT?

l. The Word of God plainly states that CHRIST DIED FOR AND REDEEMED A SPECIFIC PEOPLE (Isa. 53:8; John 10:11, 26; Heb. 2:16) and that HIS SIN-ATONING SACRIFICE EFFECTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED THE REDEMPTION OF THOSE PEOPLE (Gal. 3:13; Heb. 9:12).

2. The gospel doctrine of limited atonement ASCRIBES THE WHOLE WORK OF REDEMPTION TO CHRIST ALONE AND GIVES HIM ALL PRAISE FOR IT (Rev. 5:9-10; Psa. 115:1).

3. The declaration of ACCOMPLISHED REDEMPTION GIVES HOPE TO HELPLESS, PERISHING SINNERS (Isa. 40:1-2).

4. The knowledge of AN EFFECTUAL ATTONEMENT GIVES BELIEVERS A REAL BASIS FOR ASSURANCE (Rom. 8:33-34).