"For it is necessary that the satisfaction of one be as it were the satisfaction of all, and that the Spirit, who fits for a holy and happy life, should flow from him, as the head, to us, as his members; and so, that he become 'the Saviour of the body,' Eph. 5:23. The Scriptures frequently call this mystical union a marriage. But it is the inviolable law of marriage, that the persons married be of the same nature: 'And they two shall be one flesh,' Gen. 2:24. Paul hath taught us that the mystery of the spiritual marriage of the church with Christ lies concealed in these words, Eph. 5:31, 32" (Herman Witsius, The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man; underlining mine).
The demonic doctrine or teaching that Jesus Christ died for everyone without exception [1] DENIES that everyone for whom Christ made satisfaction will be the recipients of freely-flowing, Spirit-wrought, regenerating grace; it is a denial that Christ is the Savior of the body (Ephesians 5:23). To deny the regeneration (or resurrection) of ANY PART of the BODY is to necessarily deny the resurrection of the HEAD, who is Christ.
[1] Commonly called or referred to as "universal atonement."
"But if Christ is proclaimed, that He was raised from [the] dead, how do some among you say that there is not a resurrection of the dead? But if there is not a resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. But if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation [is] worthless, and your faith is also worthless...For if [the] dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised" (1 Corinthians 15:12-14, 16; underlining mine).
If "there is not a resurrection of the dead" of the mystical members of Christ's body -- which members are unconditionally chosen in Christ by God from eternity (Ephesians 1:3-4) -- then it necessarily follows that "Christ has not been raised." Jesus said that because He lives His people shall live also (John 14:19). He also said:
"Even as the living Father sent Me, and I live through the Father; also the [one] partaking Me, even that one will live through Me" (John 6:57).
If you believe that Jesus Christ died for everyone without exception then you are dead in your sins; you do not live through Him; "and your faith is also worthless" (1 Corinthians 15:14). If you think such deniers of Christ's resurrection are simply "muddled true believers" then you know not the power of His resurrection (Philippians 3:10), and you have yet to receive the Spirit of God so that [you] might know the things that are freely given to God's people (1 Corinthians 2:12). Repent and believe the true gospel wherein the only righteousness God accepts is revealed (Romans 10:1-4).
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