Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling — Chapter 11: Of Justification
Of Effectual Calling
Paras 1 I. The general overview of effectual calling
A. Its recipients: "those whom God hath predestinated unto life"
B. Its Author: "God" (The Father)
C. Its occasion: "In his appointed and accepted time"
D. Its efficacy: "effectually to call"
E. Its means: "by his Word and Spirit"
F. Its transition: "out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ"
G. Its operation: "enlightening . . . taking away . . . renewing . . . yet so as they come most freely. . ." 2-4 II. The specific issues about effectual calling 2 A. The issue related to its agency 3-4 B. The issues related to its instrumentality 3
1. The instrumentality of the Word and the mentally incompetent 4(a)
2. The instrumentality of the Word and its non-elect hearers 4(b)
3. The instrumentality of the Word and the ignorant heathen
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 148-149. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________
Of Justification
Paras
1 I. The defined nature of justification
A. The essence of justification: pardon and acceptance
1. Negatively: it is not a moral transformation
2. Positively: it is a legal transaction
B. The basis of justification
1. Negatively: not from us
2. Positively: but from Christ
C. The method of justification: imputation
1. Negatively: not by imputing faith itself or evangelical obedience to us as our righteousness
2. Positively: but by imputing Christ's active and passive obedience 2 II. Instrumental means of justification
A. The uniqueness of faith
B. The accompaniment of faith 3 III. The regulating design of justification 4 IV. The specified occasion of justification 5 V. The balancing reality to justification 6 VI. The unchanging uniformity of justification
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 155-156. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________