The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Justification and the Effectual Call

Agreed.... it is the biblical teaching to which classic Calvinism echos and upholds.

Thanks for the clarification. And thus I strongly reject your premise, i.e., "The effectual call causes justification. Please give biblical evidence which you feel supports your view.

The "effectual call", depending upon how you define it includes "regeneration". In regeneration, a new predisposition (nature) is created and by consequence the will recreated. And, out of this new birth (Jh 3:3, 5; Eph 2:1-9; et al) one naturally and most willingly repents of sin and believes upon Christ, at which time the sinner is justified, i.e., pronounced righteousness on the basis of Christ's substitutionary atonement. (see the excellent article by Dr. Joel Beeke on Justification by Faith Alone. Also see these relevant articles here: Sola Fide: The Doctrine of Justification.)

Sanctification is a synergistic work, i.e., God and man working together under the total control of the Spirit of God to accomplish the end for which the sinner was originally predestined, called, justified and glorified. (cf. Eph 1:4-13; Rom 8:29, 30; Phil. 2:12, 13; 1Cor 1:30; et al)

In His Grace,