For how many people did Christ pay the sin debt when He died?
When Christ died, He paid the sin debt for every human being that has ever lived. No one need ever wake up in eternal doom claiming God did not supply their need; He did. The pardon and reconciliation were accomplished on their behalf, though many reject it.
Les teaches that God was in Christ reconciling not just the few, the believers, but the world. He maintains that when Christ died, He paid the sin debt for every human being that has ever lived, so no one need ever wake up in eternal doom and say God didn't supply my need—He did. Les illustrates this with a story of a convicted murderer who was pardoned by the governor, but in anger and rebellion tore up the pardon and went to the gallows, saying he was dying not for murdering a man but for rejecting his pardon. Les says that is exactly where every human being is: they have been pardoned, reconciled, and had everything done on their behalf that needed to be done, but they wouldn't believe it and stomped it underfoot, going to eternal doom not because of their sin.