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Confession of Faith Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling 4. Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, 1 and may have some common operations of the Spirit, 2 yet they never truly come unto Christ, and therefore cannot be saved: 3 much less can men, not professing the Christian religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their li...

Confession of Faith Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling 3. Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ, through the Spirit, 1 who worketh when, and where, and how he pleaseth: 2 so also are all other elect persons who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word. 3 Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring afte...

Confession of Faith Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling 2. This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, 1 who is altogether passive therein, until, being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit, 2 he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it. 3 2 Timothy 1:9 who saved us and called us to a ho...

Larger Catechism Q 68. Are the elect only effectually called? A. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called; 1 although others may be, and often are, outwardly called by the ministry of the Word, 2 and have some common operations of the Spirit; 3 who, for their willful neglect and contempt of the grace offered to them, being justly left in their unbelief, do never truly come to Jesus Chr...

Shorter Catechism Q 31. What is effectual calling? A. Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, 1 and renewing our wills, 2 he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, 3 freely offered to us in the gospel. 4 Larger Catechism Q 67. What is effectual calling? A. Effectual calling is the...

Confession of Faith Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling 1. All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call, 1 by his Word and Spirit, 2 out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation, by Jesus Christ; 3 enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the thi...

Shorter Catechism Q 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? A. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, 1 and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. 2 Larger Catechism Q 59. Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ? A. Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those f...

Shorter Catechism Q 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ? A. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit. 1 Larger Catechism 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 appli...

Larger Catechism Q 57. What benefits hath Christ procured by his mediation? A. Christ, by his mediation, hath procured redemption, 1 with all other benefits of the covenant of grace. 2 1 Timothy 2:5-6 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. Hebrews 9:12 he enter...

Confession of Faith Chapter 9: Of Free Will 5. The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone, in the state of glory only. 1 Hebrews 12:23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we...

Confession of Faith Chapter 9: Of Free Will 4. When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his natural bondage under sin; 1 and, by his grace alone, enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; 2 yet so, as that by reason of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly, nor only, will that which is good, but doth also will t...

Confession of Faith Chapter 9: Of Free Will 3. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation: 1 so as, a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, 2 and dead in sin, 3 is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. 4 Romans 8:7-8 For the mind that is set on the flesh is host...

Confession of Faith Chapter 9: Of Free Will 2. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom, and power to will and to do that which was good and well pleasing to God; 1 but yet, mutably, so that he might fall from it. 2 Ecclesiastes 7:29 See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes. Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our lik...

Confession of Faith Chapter 9: Of Free Will 1. God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good, or evil. 1 James 1:13-14 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and e...

Larger Catechism Q 57. What benefits hath Christ procured by his mediation? A. Christ, by his mediation, hath procured redemption, 1 with all other benefits of the covenant of grace. 2 1 Timothy 2:5-6 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. Hebrews 9:12 he enter...

Confession of Faith Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator 8. To all those for whom Christ hath purchased redemption, he doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same; 1 making intercession for them, 2 and revealing unto them, in and by the Word, the mysteries of salvation; 3 effectually persuading them by his Spirit to believe and obey, and governing their hearts by his Word and Spirit...

Confession of Faith Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator 7. Christ, in the work of mediation, acts according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to itself; 1 yet, by reason of the unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in Scripture attributed to the person denominated by the other nature. 2 John 10:17-18 For this reason the Father loves me, because...

Confession of Faith Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator 6. Although the work of redemption was not actually wrought by Christ till after his incarnation, yet the virtue, efficacy, and benefits thereof were communicated unto the elect, in all ages successively from the beginning of the world, in and by those promises, types, and sacrifices, wherein he was revealed, and signified to be the seed of the...

Larger Catechism Q 56. How is Christ to be exalted in his coming again to judge the world? A. Christ is to be exalted in his coming again to judge the world, in that he, who was unjustly judged and condemned by wicked men, 1 shall come again at the last day in great power, 2 and in the full manifestation of his own glory, and of his Father's, with all his holy angels, 3 with a shout, with the voic...

Larger Catechism Q 55. How doth Christ make intercession? A. Christ maketh intercession, by his appearing in our nature continually before the Father in heaven, 1 in the merit of his obedience and sacrifice on earth, 2 declaring his will to have it applied to all believers; 3 answering all accusations against them, 4 and procuring for them quiet of conscience, notwithstanding daily failings, 5 acc...

Larger Catechism Q 54. How is Christ exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God? A. Christ is exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God, in that as God-man he is advanced to the highest favor with God the Father, 1 with all fullness of joy, 2 glory, 3 and power over all things in heaven and earth; 4 and doth gather and defend his church, and subdue their enemies; furnisheth his minister...

Larger Catechism Q 53. How was Christ exalted in his ascension? A. Christ was exalted in his ascension, in that having after his resurrection often appeared unto and conversed with his apostles, speaking to them of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, 1 and giving them commission to preach the gospel to all nations, 2 forty days after his resurrection, he, in our nature, and as our head, 3...

Larger Catechism Q 52. How was Christ exalted in his resurrection? A. Christ was exalted in his resurrection, in that, not having seen corruption in death, (of which it was not possible for him to be held, 1 ) and having the very same body in which he suffered, with the essential properties thereof, 2 (but without mortality, and other common infirmities belonging to this life,) really united to hi...

Shorter Catechism Q 28. Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation? A. Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, 1 in ascending up into heaven, 2 in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, 3 and in coming to judge the world at the last day. 4 Larger Catechism Q 51. What was the estate of Christ's exaltation? A. The estate of Christ's exaltation comprehende...

Larger Catechism Q 50. Wherein consisted Christ's humiliation after his death? A. Christ's humiliation after his death consisted in his being buried, 1 and continuing in the state of the dead, and under the power of death till the third day; 2 which hath been otherwise expressed in these words, He descended into hell. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also r...