Yes — Jesus' death provided atonement for everyone, but its benefit is received only through personal faith in His blood.
Les Feldick teaches that Christ paid the sin debt for every human being who has ever lived, not just for believers. He rejects limited atonement, while stressing that the completed work is applied and 'cashed in' only when a person believes.
Romans 3:25-26 — Shows God set forth Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood, making both universal provision and the requirement of faith explicit.
2 Corinthians 5:19 — States that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses.
Hebrews 2:9 — Directly says Christ tasted death for every man.
Romans 3:25-26 says that God set forth Christ Jesus to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; and to declare His righteousness at this time, that He might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. This shows both a provision made before God and a personal faith required to receive it. Second Corinthians 5:19 says that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. Hebrews 2:9 says that Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for every man. Second Corinthians 5:14 adds that if one died for all, then all were dead. Colossians 2:13 tells believers that God has forgiven all trespasses, being quickened together with Christ.
Les Feldick is emphatic: when Christ died, He paid the sin debt for every human being ever born, not merely for believers or for a limited elect. He calls propitiation 'the most inclusive one word in your whole New Testament' and shows from Romans 3:25 that Christ becomes our propitiation through faith in His blood. He explicitly says, 'I don't believe in limited atonement. I believe He paid the sin debt for every human being that has ever lived, but it goes for nothing until the person believes it personally, and then they cash in.' He also points out that Hebrews tells us Christ tasted death for every man, and 2 Corinthians 5 says God was in Christ reconciling the whole world. Les emphasizes that Christ's death is sufficient and already completed for the whole human race. Even the most wicked people have their sins atoned for and paid for. The only reason they face eternal doom, he says, is because they reject the Gospel. At the same time, he stresses the personal nature of salvation: if you were the only person on earth, Christ would still have gone through the work of the cross.
Yes. Scripture says God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them (2 Corinthians 5:19). Hebrews 2:9 says Christ tasted death for every man, and 2 Corinthians 5:14 says if one died for all, then all were dead. The Bible does not limit the death of Christ to a small group; it describes the world and every man as the scope of His death.
Romans 3:25 shows that Christ is the propitiation through faith in His blood. Les Feldick stresses this same point: Christ becomes your propitiation and mine by faith. He says the death of Christ 'goes for nothing until the person believes it personally.' So the provision is universal, but the application is by faith.
No. Les is direct: 'I don't believe in limited atonement.' He teaches that Christ paid the sin debt for every human being that has ever lived. He also explains that even if someone were the only person on earth, Christ would still have gone through the work of the cross, showing that the atonement is both universal in provision and personal in application.
Propitiation Through Faith
Les teaches that Christ is the propitiation mentioned in Romans 3:25 and that it becomes personal through faith in His blood.
Christ Reconciled the World
Les uses 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 to show God was in Christ reconciling the world, not just believers, and that Christ paid the sin debt for every human being.
Every Man's Sin Debt Paid
Les stresses Christ paid the sin debt for every human being, citing Hebrews' 'tasted death for every man' and being forgiven all trespasses.
No Limited Atonement; Faith Cashes In
Les explicitly rejects limited atonement and teaches the payment is for every human being but 'goes for nothing' until the person believes it personally.
Whole World Reconciled
Les says the work of the cross was the reconciling of the whole world, not just for a few believers.
Atonement Potential for Everyone
Christ died for everyone, and while not everyone will be saved, the potential of salvation is there for all because of the cross.
Sins Already Atoned For
Even the vilest person's sins are already paid for; the only sin that sends someone to eternal doom is rejecting the Gospel.
Personal Salvation
If you were the only person on earth, Christ would still have gone through the work of the cross, showing that His death is for every individual personally.
Romans 3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
This verse shows Christ as the propitiation and makes clear that it is through faith in His blood.
Romans 3:26: To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
God is shown to be righteous and fair in justifying the one who believes in Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:14: For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
This indicates the universality of Christ's death: one died for all, and all were dead.
2 Corinthians 5:18: And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
God reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and gave believers the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19: To 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.
This is a key verse for the universal scope of reconciliation: the world, not just believers, is in view.
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.
Explicitly states that Christ tasted death for every man.
Colossians 2:13: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Believers are described as having all trespasses forgiven because of Christ's work.
Jesus died for everyone. Les Feldick teaches that Christ paid the sin debt for every human being ever born. However, the benefit is not automatic—it becomes effective when a person personally believes the Gospel.
Limited atonement is the view that Christ's death was only for those who will believe. Les explicitly rejects this, saying, 'I don't believe in limited atonement.' He teaches that the death of Christ was for the whole human race.
It is applied through faith. Romans 3:25 says Christ is the propitiation through faith in His blood, and Les emphasizes that the payment 'goes for nothing until the person believes it personally.'
Because they reject the Gospel. Les says even the worst sinners' sins are already atoned for; the only sin that puts a person out into eternal doom is rejecting the Gospel.
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