Things New and Old: Effectual Call and Gospel Call

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.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Effectual Call and Gospel Call

#effectualcall #gospelcall

1689.10.3
"Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit; who works when, and where, and how He pleases; so also are all elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word."

"... so also are all elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word," THAT IS, there are elect souls who do not have the gospel sent to call them from darkness to light... EVEN THOUGH they are effectually called out of their native state of sin and death to that of grace and salvation.

The effectual call and the gospel call are distinct:
- The former is independent, both logically and chronologically, before the latter

- The former is monergistic; the latter is synergistic.

- The former is the free and sovereign application of the eternal salvation to each elect personally, the latter brings experiential knowledge of the former.

- The former makes the latter possible only.

- The former is absolutely certain and immutable; the latter involves human factors, thus involving variables.

- an elect who is effectually called but without the gospel call and an elect who has both the effectual call and the gospel call - both are equally saved in the eternal sense; the gospel call brings a child of God varying degrees of practical/temporal salvation.

Thomas Paul Simmons' statement implies that every elect soul, without exception. shall have the gospel call out of darkness to light; that's a fable of many modern neo-Calvinistic Baptists. They believe that the gospel call and effectual call is a "package deal" - like McD's combo deal.

p/s
Yes, it is "elect infants" and not just "infants"; chapter 10 is on the effectual calling of the ELECT, therefore, the context demands "elect infants." Revisionists insist infants, even all the aborted and those infanticided.

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Reggie Lee
Well said!

Mark Thomas
Powerful truth stated. Thank you, Bro. Sing.

Bill Taylor
Many have greatly erred from this truth by ignoring or denying the last statement in your response. "Revisionists insist infants." You are spot on that only elect infants are considered.

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