Limited Atonement

We have hopefully established the fact that God has chosen those whom He has saved and that He did this, not according to any merit of the individual, but "because of the great love with which He loved us." If, therefore, God has chosen who would believe in Him and have eternal salvation, will God not also make a way for those to be redeemed? Will God establish a new covenant with His elect through the blood of Christ?
These questions are obviously rhetorical, but bring another question to mind. Is the blood of Christ sufficient? If so, is it also efficient?

The first question is for another blog.
We will focus on the latter question for the time being.
Is the blood of Christ efficient?
What was the purpose of the cross? Why the blood shed? Why did Christ come to earth to be slaughtered and hung on a cross to die?

Hebrews 9:11-15
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Romans 3:19-26
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

We see here that the purpose of the cross, indeed the purpose of Christ's coming to earth, was for the propitiation for sinners. Christ came to endure that wrath of God for the sins of the elect, that they might be seen as righteous in the sight of God and could enter into the new covenant with God. He came that men might be saved. Undoubtedly, the work of Christ in his life and death earned the righteousness of God for the elect, but how efficient was His death? Did his saving work atone for the sins of all, or just of the elect?

As seen numerous times in the Scriptures, God calls certain men to Himself and hardens the hearts of others. We will hold this to be true all times for all people. So Christ's death and conquering of sin was an act done once and for all for the propitiation for the elect, not for everyone.

How does this effect me?
It makes me evermore grateful that Christ grabbed me from sure death and destruction, endured the wrath incurred for my sins, and, for the sake of His name and His glory, adopted me into His family and shares his inheritance with me as a child of God! Praise be to God!
I pray that these blogs pull you closer into the arms of our dear saviour, instead of hardening your heart to the truth of the Bible.