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 and the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, and also by some English Calvinists of longer standing, such as John Gill and, later, the Gospel Standard Strict Baptists.

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