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Question 67

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What is effectual calling?

Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and grace,a whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereuntob ) he doth, in his accepted time, invite and draw them to Jesus Christ, by his word and Spirit;c savingly enlightening their minds,d renewing and powerfully determining their wills,e 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.f

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aJohn 5:25; Ephesians 1:18–20; 2 Timothy 1:8–9
  2. bTitus 3:4–5; Ephesians 2:4–5, 7–9; Romans 9:11
  3. c2 Corinthians 5:20; 6:1–2; John 6:44; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
  4. dActs 26:18; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 12
  5. eEzekiel 11:19; 36:26–27; John 6:45
  6. fEphesians 2:5; Philippians 2:13; Deuteronomy 30:6

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