Free offer of the gospel

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][circular reference][3][circular reference] 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]

## See also

* Hyper-Calvinism

## References

1. ↑ "Modern Moderate Calvinism". http://www.epc.org.au//literature/modern-moderate-calvinism-8.html.
2. ↑ GGN denies the free offer of the Gospel
3. ↑ GGN origin over denial of the free offer of the Gospel
4. ↑ MacLean, Donald (2015-03-11) (in en). James Durham (1622–1658): And the Gospel Offer in Its Seventeenth-Century Context. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 978-3-525-55087-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=NhRoBwAAQBAJ&dq=Ebenezer+Erskine+marrow&pg=PA262.

## External links

* "The Free Offer of the Gospel: Is It Biblical and Reformed?" from Free Church Witness
* "Calvinists and the Free Offer of the Gospel" – primary source quotations compiled by Colin Maxwell
* "Murray on the Free Offer: A Review by Matthew Winzer"
* "History of the Free Offer"
* "Is Denial of the 'Well-Meant Offer' Hyper-Calvinism?"
* "A History of Hypo-Calvinism"
* "The Banner of Truth vs. Calvinism"
* "God Makes a Wish: That Each and Every Sinner Might Be Saved" – A Brief Essay by Robert Gonzales Jr.

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