Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Effectual Call summarised in the 1689 CoF - Venn diagram




The Venn diagram above summarizes Chapter 10 of the 1689 CoF.
Note its logical order.

Para 1: describes the effectual calling of ALL the elect. All the elect are effectually called to eternal life in exactly the same manner, by God's Word and Spirit; and at God’s appointed and accepted time – whether they are infants or adults, sound mind or idiots, capable or incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word.

Para 2: describes all those effectually called elect in Para 1 who do have the outward gospel call. [i.e. the outward gospel call comes to these elect.]

Para 3: describes all those effectually called elect in Para 1 who do not have the outward gospel call. [i.e. the outward gospel call fails to come to these elect.] For various reasons, they are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word.

Para 4: describes all those not in Para 1, i.e., those who are not predestinated to eternal life, but who do get the outward gospel call.

For a commentary on the above chapter, please see here:
http://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-effectual-call-as-summarized-in.html

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