Without faith the atonement cannot be received, nevertheless the atonement does not depend upon faith for its value or its efficacy. The value of the atonement, as a propitiatory, arises out of the person and work of Jesus Christ; and the efficacy of the atonement, as a purifier, out of the person and work of the Holy Ghost. Thus the Father devised the atonement, the Son effected the atonement, and the Spirit applies the atonement; communicating also that faith by which the sinner receives the atonement. So that neither the intrinsic value, nor the positive efficacy, nor the final extent of the atonement, depend at all upon the creature, but upon the sovereign grace of God, while at the same time the creature is responsible for his impenitence and unbelief.

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