Is Christ's death for the whole world?

While Calvinists declared that Christ’s death is not for the whole world in Dort Commission, Chafer asserted that Christ’s death is indeed for the world as a whole.

The Scriptures that Calvinists can offer are very limited, and as a matter of fact, only Acts 13:48 is valid enough to end the dispute decisively. Some can only indicate that God can have mercy on anyone he wants, while God can also love the whole world and offer them the chance to believe in Christ or not. At the same time, some cannot exclude the possibility that Christ died for the ungenerated.

While Chafer provides us with great scriptures, they can all be refuted by Calvinists, including 2 Cor. 5:19, Heb. 2:9, 1 John 2:2, 2 Cor. 5:14, 1 Tim. 2:6, 4:10, Titus 2:11.

However, the truth cannot be decided solely by the number of scriptures, and if we compare numbers of both carefully, at least Romans 4:25, Ephesians 1:3–7, Ephesians 5:25–27 can also be used to support the argument of Calvinist.

In my opinion, this issue cannot be settled so easily. It may remain unsolved forever because I strongly doubt that whether man can reconcile the conflict between the absolute sovereignty of God and man’s free will. After all, they may all be beyond human epistemic ability. However, if we can accept that humans can handle the issue and the basic logic— such as a is equal to a and a is not equal to b— is right, then the conclusion of Calvinists is more acceptable and reliable.