Unlimited sufficient atonement, Limited effective atonement

Blog Time :P.
Yesterday was good, but hectic, had to lead both services, and goto a 21st aswell. Was pouring rain aswell. Sermon was on depression, heavy topic, however was good, i wont goto the details of it.
Today was great, it is our evangelist week this week, so had a store, and talked to people about Jesus.
We also thought that A4 was just not big enought to show two ways to live, so we stuck up a home made poster (stencil art) of two ways to live on a message board. However lets see, a message board is pretty big, but this thing was the size of a Church pue, massive. Well they say if u want to do something, go all the way lol.
Also while i was comming home, i was reading the latest salt magazine (produced by the Afes guys), and red an article on 'Who did Jesus die for', Was good, i'll share it with you.

Theirs been many thoughts and arguments in history on what kind of atonement Jesus's death was. Was it a 'unlimited atonement' (That Jesus' death is enought to pay for all humanity's sin) or is it a 'limited atonement' (That Jesus' death was only to save the elect. Both arguments have biblical bases, so for limited atonement, Romans 8:1 tells us that 'there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus' or Ephasians 5:25 tells us that 'Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it, that he might sanctify it'. For unlimited atonement, 2 Corithians 5:14 tells us that 'Christ died for all, therefore we all have died, and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised'.
So when you look at these passages, just what kind of atonement is it. Well even though Jesus' death is able to save all humanity, it only actually saves those who have faith in Jesus. Therefore Jesus' death is sufficent to save all humanity, however it only effectively saves those who trust in Jesus. And faith is not from ourselves, it's not our own doing, it's a gift from God.
So knowing this, it drives us to praise God for his mercy to us in giving us faith, and plead to God for his mercy on others, that he would give them faith aswell.

Anyways I have got uni tommorrow, so i should be getting to bed.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord! In the name of Christ.
Laurence.