Effectual Calling

Questions:

What does it mean to be called?

How does one become called?

Who are the called?

When does one get called?

Does receiving a call guarantee Salvation?

Can man reject God’s call?

What is effectual calling?

Intro:

John 6:44-45

John 6:44–45 KJV 1900

44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

In order for John 6:44 to uniquely support Calvinism, the word “Draw” must connote that God’s work is:

Irresistible(Effectual or Regenerative)

Limited

The Greek:

Usage in the text

Inanimate Object:

Human Object:

Examples of God’s Calling being

Nehemiah 9:30 KJV 1900

30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Psalm 81:10–16 KJV 1900

10 I am the Lord thy God, Which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; And Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: And they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, And Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: But their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

1 Corinthians 1:24-26

1 Corinthians 1:24–26 KJV 1900

24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Romans 8:28-30

Romans 8:28–30 KJV 1900

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.