Free offer of the gospel explained

The free offer of the Gospel, sometimes called the well-meant offer of the gospel, in Christian theology, is the offer of salvation in Jesus Christ to all people. It is generally accepted by Calvinists, but rejected by a few small Reformed denominations, such as the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Australia,[1] the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland, abbreviated GGiN)[2] [3] and also by some English Strict Baptists of longer standing, such as John Gill and, later, the Gospel Standard Strict Baptists.

The free offer of the Gospel was a point that the Marrow Brethren sought to defend, seeing the high Calvinists who denied the doctrine as misguided.[4]

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References

  1. Web site: Modern Moderate Calvinism . 2016-06-23 . 2011-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110219114853/http://www.epc.org.au//literature/modern-moderate-calvinism-8.html . dead .
  2. [Reformed Congregations#Schism in 1953|GGN denies the free offer of the Gospel]
  3. [Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands#History|GGN origin over denial of the free offer of the Gospel]
  4. Book: MacLean, Donald . James Durham (1622–1658): And the Gospel Offer in Its Seventeenth-Century Context . 2015-03-11 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht . 978-3-525-55087-8 . en.

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