Originally Posted by Pilgrim Standard

If Christ would not have made substitutionary atonement then would Adam and Eve would have been cast into hell immediately upon sinning? Does this not carry on to the reprobate? How is it that a reprobate can take a single breath of air if it is not for common grace? What is the grounds for common grace. I dare say it is the Sacrifice of Christ. Those who disagree that common grace was purchased by Christ and is extended to the sinner must answer the question, “How does the reprobate yet live on this earth when the punishment for sin is hell?” If they live because God is longsuffering then is this longsuffering not the common grace of God? If the grounds for this common grace is not Christ then what are the grounds by which his forensic judgment may be delayed?