Dynamic Doctrines of the Faith
Topic #4: Effectual Calling
MAT 1:21.
"And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."JOH 10:14,15. "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. "As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep."
JOH 17:1,2. Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him."
Q: For whom did Jesus die?
Q: Reformed Theology calls this L_________________ A___________________.
ISA 55:10,11. "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
Q: Will all those who hear believe? Why or why not?
ROM 8:28–30.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.The Ordo Salutis:
The Westminster Confession of Faith
ChapterX. Of Effectual Calling
EPH 2:11,12. Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Q: Ordinarily, how does He accomplish His calling?
Q: Will everyone hear the Gospel?
Q: Will all the elect hear the Gospel?
JHN 3: 1–8.
Regeneration
LUK 18:15–17
. Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. "Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it."ACT 2:39. "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."
Q: What about the elect who cannot respond to the gospel?
Q: Some teach God just offers. What is wrong with that view? Why must God guarantee His call will be effectual?
Q: Why is God’s calling always effective?
Q: Reformed Theology calls this I___________________ G_________.