Blog Archives: April 2018
Question 31: Effectual Calling
April 08, 2018
Question 31: What is effectual calling?
Answer: 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, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.
In Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus he taught him that he must be born again. Nicodemus protested that he could not enter his mother's womb a second time, and Jesus explained that this second birth was spiritual. He explained it like ...
Questions 29-30: Redemption Applied
April 01, 2018
Question 29: How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
Answer: We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.
Question 30: How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
Answer: The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
The last several questions of the catechism have been taken up with the person and work of Jesus ...
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