A list of verses that support general atonement

 

ps. 117 O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord."

Isaiah 50:2 (King James Version)
2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.


Isaiah 53:6 (King James Version)
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Here we see what will be a continuous pattern. a link between sin nature and atonement. Here we see all who have gone astray linked with all who Jehovah has laid the iniquity of on Christ.

Isaiah
5 9 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.


John 1:7 (King James Version)
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 1:29 (King James Version)
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 3:16-17 (King James Version)
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 4:42

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

John 6:51 (King James Version)
51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Acts 17:30-31 (King James Version)
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

Romans 3:22-24 (King James Version)
22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 5:18 (King James Version)
18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Romans 11:32 (King James Version)
32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

1 Corinthians 15:22 (King James Version)
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Here we see a parallel comparison. As powerful as Adam's curse just as invasive is Christ blessing.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 19 (King James Version)
14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Colossians 1:20 (King James Version)
20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

1 Timothy 2:1-6 (King James Version)
1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

1 Timothy 4:10-11 (King James Version)
10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11These things command and teach.

titus 2:10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Titus 3:4

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.


1 Peter 3:18 (King James Version)
18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
even the false teachers going to hell have  had their sins atoned and if they had received it would be saved

2 Peter 3:9 (King James Version)
9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

1 John 2:2 (King James Version)
2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 4:14 (King James Version)
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

KFA : Belief principles (rough draft)

 kingdom ministry)
One of the goals of the Ky Family Association is to serve as a Kingdom ministry. While political activism is a part of our scope, we are more than a political group and have definite spiritual component and theology.  However, kingdom service is not the same office as church ministry.  The church in the scriptures is the pillar and ground of truth. They need to make the deeper doctrinal decisions and discussions. The kingdom on the other hand is not separated from the world but pervading the world as the salt of the earth and bring light to a darkened world. The kingdom ministry is more action oriented interacting with the community. So these instances where we take a theological stance are meant to be rare.  However, one of our goals must be to defend Christian faith and conservative christian culture. Thus  we declare the principle necessary to defend our faith and culture.  this first topic to accomplish this is the trinity.

methods)
There are generally 3 different methods used to defend the doctrine of the trinity.  The fideist approach, The Creedalist approach and the Biblicist approach.  The fideist approach refuses to organize the trinity in any coherent way.  Instead it is simply taken by faith and seen as a part of thhe Christian experience.  The problem is that the trinity is an explanation, therefore it has to be reasonable. Meanwhile this technique demeans the rationality of the doctrine.
The creedal aproach takes a consensus of the views ofthe clergy, formalizes them into a ctate ment of axioms and then calculates a harmonization of all previous creeds. This is the typical process of the roman cathoic church and several other catholic tradition churches.  Typically there are 7 ecumenical councils that are looked upon for as an authority on the trinity.  These are well written and rational explanations.  However, these formulas would add propositions not explained in the scripture as well as have contradictions with differing creeds.
The biblicist aproach has a simple definition of the trinity used to explain what has been revealed in scripture. No more, no less.

trinity simple understanding) A Simple definition of the trinity is that 1. God has one essence/substance called divinity or Godhead. 2. Within the God head exist 3 separate persons Father, Son and Hly Spirit. There are other side issues but the doctrine stands or falls on these 2 points.

biblical proof) In Old Testament the plurality of God is seen in genesis 1:26 and exodus 3:6.  Also in psalm 110:1 We see conversation between Jehovah and Adonai implying Christ to be adonai "Lord".
The clearest passage affirming the trinity is in 1John 5:7-10.  Coincidentaly it is the most criticized and attacked text of scripure.  This Authir maintains it's authenticity, Greek studies show that in the verse is grammatically correct in the Greek. But excluding it contradicts the masculine feminine pronouns. in other words if you take out the verse it is bad grammar and if you keep it, then it is good grammar.
There are othe passages implying the trinity.  Matthew 20:19 gives us the trintarian formula as the title of our Baptism. Acts 19:1-6 invokes the holy ghost and the Son as an essential amendment to John's baptism.  Paul also refers to the trinity in 2 Corinthians 13:14.  The most important passage to show how the 3 persons are different is at the baptism of Jesus.
Mark 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
All three persons are in different places doing different actions, thus we do not see modalsim(one person) but three persons(trinitarianism.
 Another good point is that we must not leave the trinity doctrine in isolation, but remember the accompanying doctrines (deity of Christ, Incarnation, deity of the Holy Spirit etc.) one they are verified in scripture they are ready to harmonize. We will discuss this in the next article.