Comments on: Effectual Calling and Regeneration

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 12:34:58 +0000

There is no question that justification follows effectual calling, whine he called he also justified.. in effectual calling God brings us to faith, and this faith is counted to us as righteousness, so clearly justification follows faith. However, to state that regeneration precedes faith is unbiblical, Calvin in his Institutes clearly teaches that regeneration follows faith (faith unites us to Christ and two gifts follow, i.e. regeneration and justification). Acts 2:38 is very clear, repent and be baptized for the remission of sins in the name of Jesus Christ and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit) . Regeneration follows faith and baptism according to Acts 2:38, because the Holy Spirit which gives life is given subsequent to faith. Faith is a gift of God, not a work of man, in effectual calling God gives us faith and regeneration follows the effectual call and never precedes it. This is the biblical teaching. Can a baby in the womb be regenerated, of course, the best example is John the Baptist who leaped in the womb when Elizabeth saw Mary pregnant. But even in the case of John the Baptist he had faith and trust in Jesus and leaped in the womb when he was close to Jesus in Mary”s womb and faith preceded regeneration even for John the Baptist.

By: Chad Paris

Chad Paris — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:57:02 +0000

I cannot think of any other episodes of media in which I have come away more encouraged or edified than this episode. Excellent stuff!

By: Timothy Joseph

Timothy Joseph — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:33:48 +0000

This was a great conversation. Much wisdom and clarification on effectual calling and regeneration. A couple of points, certainly scripture speaks of the roles of the Godhead in calling, as mentioned, the Father calls in the Son by the Spirit, yet we are remiss if we don’t mention that since there is only one will within the Godhead, no action by any person is without participation and agreement of the other persons. Can we really say that The Gospel’s sole purpose is salvation, when in fact, God’s Word is both what produces faith and never returns void? Isn’t it more biblically sound to acknowledge that the purpose of the Good News is to both effectually call those predestined to salvation and to call those not predestined to salvation to rejection of Christ. Thus there is really only one calling which always accomplishes what God intended.

Tim

By: Michial

Michial — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:51:02 +0000

I wish you all would discuss Lutheranism more frequently. They teach, as Augustine did that God regenerates non elect, but only grants the elect the grace of perseverance. This allows the tensions of their sacramental system and doctrine of election to remain in tact. They claim the golden chain is only referring to the elect. I have issues with this as it seems only the elect are chosen, called and justified and glorified.

By: Steve Satterfield

Steve Satterfield — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 17:04:41 +0000

Concerning regeneration and the OT saints, how was there experience the same and/or different than ours?