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47 results for “Effectual Calling”, plus 1 in the Atlas
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
7
Of Effectual Calling
This effectual call is of God’s free and special grace alone, not from anything at all …
Of Effectual Calling
… unto life, and those only, He is pleased in His appointed and accepted time effectually to call, by His Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and …
Of Effectual Calling
Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, and may have some common operations of the Spirit, yet they never truly come …
Of Effectual Calling
Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ through the Spirit, who worketh when, and where, and how He pleaseth: so also, are all other …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
… Wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ, are effectually called unto faith in Christ by His Spirit working in due season, are justified, …
Of Sanctification
They who are once effectually called and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them, …
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
They, whom God hath accepted in His Beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally, nor finally, fall away from …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
35
What is effectual calling?
Effectual calling is the work of God's almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his …
Are the elect only effectually called?
All the elect, and they only, are effectually called; although others may be, and often are, outwardly called by the ministry of …
What is that union which the elect have with Christ?
… inseparably, joined to Christ as their head and husband; which is done in their effectual calling.
What do we pray for in the second petition.?
… the civil magistrate: that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their sins, and the confirming, …
What benefits hath Christ procured by his mediation?
Christ, by his mediation, hath procured redemption, with all other benefits of the covenant of grace.
How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured?
We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured, by the application of them unto us, which is the work especially of God the Holy Ghost.
Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ?
Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those for whom Christ hath purchased it; who are in time …
Can they who have never heard the gospel, and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in him, be saved by their living according to the light of …
They who, having never heard the gospel, know not Jesus Christ, and believe not in him, cannot be saved, be they never so diligent to frame their lives …
Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the church?
All that hear the gospel, and live in the visible church, are not saved; but they only who are true members of the church invisible.
What is the visible church?
The visible church is a society made up of all such as in all ages and places of the world do profess the true religion, and of their …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
3
What is effectual calling?
Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and …
What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several …
How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
… Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
2
13-9
… of church Sessions, redress whatever they may have done contrary to order and take effectual care that they observe the Constitution of the Church; c. To establish the pastoral …
The King and Head of the Church
… Church by His Word and Spirit, and the benefits of all His offices are effectually applied by the Holy Ghost. THE BOOK OF CHURCH ORDER
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