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<h4>Shorter Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 31.</span> What is effectual calling?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc1">1</sup> and renewing our wills,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc2">2</sup> he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc3">3</sup> freely offered to us in the gospel.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc4">4</sup></p><h4>Larger Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 67.</span> What is effectual calling?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> Effectual calling is the work of God's almighty power and grace,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc1">5</sup> whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereunto<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc2">6</sup>) he doth, in his accepted time, invite and draw them to Jesus Christ, by his Word and Spirit;<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc3">7</sup> savingly enlightening their minds,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc4">8</sup> renewing and powerfully determining their wills,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc5">9</sup> so as they (although in themselves dead in sin) are hereby made willing and able freely to answer his call, and to accept and embrace the grace offered and conveyed therein.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc6">10</sup></p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:fnref:wsc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Acts 26:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44026018.01-1"><span class="woc">to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’</span></p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p class="same-paragraph" id="p46002010.01-2">these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46002012.01-3">Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 4:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47004006.01-4">For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:17-18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001017.01-5">that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wsc2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Deuteronomy 30:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p05030006.01-1">And the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.</p> </div><h5>Ezekiel 36:26-27</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26036026.01-2">And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.</p> </div><h5>John 3:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43003005.01-3">Jesus answered, <span class="woc">“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</span></p> </div><h5>Titus 3:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p56003005.01-4">he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wsc3"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>John 6:44-45</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006044.01-1"><span class="woc">No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.</span> <span class="woc">It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—</span></p> </div><h5>Acts 16:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44016014.01-2">One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wsc4"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Isaiah 45:22</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23045022.01-1">“Turn to me and be saved,<br/> <span class="indent"></span>all the ends of the earth!<br/> <span class="indent"></span>For I am God, and there is no other.</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 11:28-30</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40011028.01-2"><span class="woc">Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</span> <span class="woc">Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.</span> <span class="woc">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”</span></p> </div><h5>Revelation 22:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p66022017.01-3">The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ezekiel 37:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26037009.01-1">Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord <span class="small-caps">God</span>: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”</p> </div><h5>Ezekiel 37:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26037014.01-2">And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>.”</p> </div><h5>John 5:25</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43005025.01-3"><span class="woc">“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.</span></p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:18-20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001018.01-4">having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,</p> </div><h5>2 Timothy 1:8-9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p55001008.01-5">Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Titus 3:4-5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p56003004.01-1">But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:4-5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002004.01-2">But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:7-9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002007.01-3">so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.</p> </div><h5>Romans 9:11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45009011.01-4">though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—</p> </div><h5>Deuteronomy 9:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p05009005.01-5">Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc3"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>John 3:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43003005.01-1">Jesus answered, <span class="woc">“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</span></p> </div><h5>Titus 3:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p56003005.01-2">he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 5:20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47005020.01-3">Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 6:1-2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47006001.01-4"><span class="chapter-num" id="v47006001-4">6:1 </span>Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says,</p> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p47006002.04-4">“In a favorable time I listened to you,<br/> <span class="indent"></span>and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”</p> </div> <p class="same-paragraph" id="p47006002.22-4">Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.</p> </div><h5>John 6:44-45</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006044.01-5"><span class="woc">No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.</span> <span class="woc">It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—</span></p> </div><h5>Acts 16:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44016014.01-6">One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.</p> </div><h5>2 Thessalonians 2:13-14</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p53002013.03-7">But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc4"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Acts 26:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44026018.01-1"><span class="woc">to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’</span></p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p class="same-paragraph" id="p46002010.01-2">these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46002012.01-3">Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 4:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47004006.01-4">For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:17-18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001017.01-5">that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc5"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ezekiel 11:19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26011019.01-1">And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,</p> </div><h5>Ezekiel 36:26-27</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26036026.01-2">And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.</p> </div><h5>John 6:45</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006045.01-3"><span class="woc">It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—</span> (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc6"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ephesians 2:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002005.01-1">even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—</p> </div><h5>Philippians 2:13</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002013.01-2">for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.</p> </div><h5>Deuteronomy 30:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p05030006.01-3">And the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.</p> </div><h5>Isaiah 45:22</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23045022.01-4">“Turn to me and be saved,<br/> <span class="indent"></span>all the ends of the earth!<br/> <span class="indent"></span>For I am God, and there is no other.</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 11:28-30</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40011028.01-5"><span class="woc">Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</span> <span class="woc">Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.</span> <span class="woc">For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”</span></p> </div><h5>Revelation 22:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p66022017.01-6">The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li></ol></div>

<h4>Confession of Faith</h4><h5>Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling</h5><p><span class="paragraph-number">1.</span> All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf1">1</sup> by his Word and Spirit,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf2">2</sup> out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation, by Jesus Christ;<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf3">3</sup> enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf4">4</sup> taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh;<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf5">5</sup> renewing their wills, and, by his almighty power, determining them to that which is good,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf6">6</sup> and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ:<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf7">7</sup> yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wcf8">8</sup></p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:fnref:wcf1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Romans 8:30</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45008030.01-1">And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.</p> </div><h5>Romans 11:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45011007.01-2">What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:10-11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001010.01-3">as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.</p> <p id="p49001011.01-3">In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>2 Thessalonians 2:13-14</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p53002013.03-1">But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 3:3</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47003003.01-2">And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.</p> </div><h5>2 Corinthians 3:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47003006.01-3">who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf3"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Romans 8:2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45008002.01-1">For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:1-5</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p49002001.05-2"><span class="chapter-num" id="v49002001-2">2:1 </span>And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—</p> </div><h5>2 Timothy 1:9-10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p55001009.01-3">who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf4"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Acts 26:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44026018.01-1"><span class="woc">to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’</span></p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p class="same-paragraph" id="p46002010.01-2">these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46002012.01-3">Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:17-18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001017.01-4">that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf5"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ezekiel 36:26</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26036026.01-1">And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf6"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ezekiel 11:19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26011019.01-1">And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,</p> </div><h5>Philippians 2:13</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002013.01-2">for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.</p> </div><h5>Deuteronomy 30:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p05030006.01-3">And the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.</p> </div><h5>Ezekiel 36:27</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p26036027.01-4">And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf7"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ephesians 1:19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001019.01-1">and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might</p> </div><h5>John 6:44-45</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006044.01-2"><span class="woc">No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.</span> <span class="woc">It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—</span> (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wcf8"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Song of Solomon 1:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p22001004.01-1">Draw me after you; let us run.<br/> <span class="indent"></span>The king has brought me into his chambers.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p22001004.17-1">We will exult and rejoice in you;<br/> <span class="indent"></span>we will extol your love more than wine;<br/> <span class="indent"></span>rightly do they love you.</p> </div> </div><h5>Psalm 110:3</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19110003.01-2">Your people will offer themselves freely<br/> <span class="indent"></span>on the day of your power,<br/> <span class="indent"></span>in holy garments;<br/> from the womb of the morning,<br/> <span class="indent"></span>the dew of your youth will be yours.</p> </div> </div><h5>John 6:37</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006037.01-3"><span class="woc">All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.</span></p> </div><h5>Romans 6:16-18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45006016.01-4">Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li></ol></div>

<h4>Shorter Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 30.</span> How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc1">1</sup> and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc2">2</sup></p><h4>Larger Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 59.</span> Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those for whom Christ hath purchased it;<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc1">3</sup> who are in time by the Holy Ghost enabled to believe in Christ according to the gospel.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc2">4</sup></p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:fnref:wsc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Romans 10:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45010017.01-1">So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:12-16</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46002012.01-2">Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.</p> <p id="p46002014.01-2">The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002008.01-3">For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,</p> </div><h5>Philippians 1:29</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50001029.01-4">For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wsc2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>John 15:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43015005.01-1"><span class="woc">I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.</span></p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 1:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46001009.01-2">God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 3:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49003017.01-3">so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Ephesians 1:13-14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001013.01-1">In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.</p> </div><h5>John 6:37</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006037.01-2"><span class="woc">All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.</span></p> </div><h5>John 6:39</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43006039.01-3"><span class="woc">And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.</span></p> </div><h5>John 10:15-16</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43010015.01-4"><span class="woc">just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.</span> <span class="woc">And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.</span> (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Romans 10:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45010017.01-1">So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 2:12-16</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46002012.01-2">Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.</p> <p id="p46002014.01-2">The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002008.01-3">For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,</p> </div><h5>Romans 8:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45008009.01-4">You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.</p> </div><h5>Romans 8:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45008014.01-5">For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li></ol></div>

<h4>Shorter Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 29.</span> How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wsc1">1</sup></p><h4>Larger Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 58.</span> How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured, by the application of them unto us,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc1">2</sup> which is the work especially of God the Holy Ghost.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc2">3</sup></p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:fnref:wsc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Titus 3:4-7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p56003004.01-1">But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>John 1:11-12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43001011.01-1">He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>Titus 3:4-7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p56003004.01-1">But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.</p> </div><h5>John 16:14-15</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43016014.01-2"><span class="woc">He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.</span> <span class="woc">All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.</span></p> </div><h5>John 3:3-8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43003003.01-3">Jesus answered him, <span class="woc">“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”</span> Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, <span class="woc">“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</span> <span class="woc">That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.</span> <span class="woc">Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’</span> <span class="woc">The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”</span> (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li></ol></div>

<h4>Larger Catechism</h4><p><span class="q">Q 57.</span> What benefits hath Christ procured by his mediation?</p><p><span class="q">A.</span> Christ, by his mediation, hath procured redemption,<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc1">1</sup> with all other benefits of the covenant of grace.<sup id="fnref:fnref:wlc2">2</sup></p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:fnref:wlc1"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>1 Timothy 2:5-6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p54002005.01-1">For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 9:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58009012.01-2">he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49001007.01-3">In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li><li id="fn:fnref:wlc2"><p></p><div class="esv"><h5>2 Corinthians 1:20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p47001020.01-1">For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 1:3-6</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p49001003.05-2">Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.</p> </div><h5>2 Peter 1:3-4</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p61001003.07-3">His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (ESV)</p> </div> </div> </li></ol></div>