Election and Calling Flashcards
(7 cards)
Q. 58. How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured?
A. 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 Spirit.
Q. 59. Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ?
A. Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those for whom Christ hath purchased it; who are in time by the Holy Ghost enabled to believe in Christ according to the gospel.
Q. 60. 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 nature?
A. They who, having never heard the gospel,n know not Jesus Christ,o and believe not in him, cannot be saved,p be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature,q or the laws of that religion which they profess;r neither is there salvation in any other, but in Christ alone,s who is the Saviour only of his body the church.t
Q. 61. Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the church?
A. 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.v
Q. 66. What is that union which the elect have with Christ?
A. The union which the elect have with Christ is the work of God’s grace,f whereby they are spiritually and mystically, yet really and inseparably, joined to Christ as their head and husband;g which is done in their effectual calling.h
Q. 67. What is effectual calling?
A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and grace,i whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereuntok) he doth, in his accepted time, invite and draw them to Jesus Christ, by his word and Spirit;l savingly enlightening their minds,m renewing and powerfully determining their wills,n so as they (although in themselves dead in sin) are hereby made willing and able freely to answer his call, and to accept and embrace the grace offered and conveyed therein.o
Q. 68. Are the elect only effectually called?
A. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called;p although others may be, and often are, outwardly called by the ministry of the word,q and have some common operations of the Spirit;r who, for their wilful neglect and contempt of the grace offered to them, being justly left in their unbelief, do never truly come to Jesus Christ.s
