What Benefits Do They That Are Effectually Called Partake of in This Life?

A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification,* adoption,” and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.v

* Rom. viii. 30: Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

u Eph. i. 5: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself.

v i Cor. i. 26: For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. Ver. 30: But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

effectually called — See Answer 31.

in this life — See Answer 36. In this life, God, of His free grace and by His Holy Spirit, justifies, adopts, and sanctifies every soul He effectually calls (Rom. viii. 30).

The attentive student will observe that this Question is introductory to the six Questions that follow. He will do well to study and trace the connection and sequence of thought between Question 29 and Question 38.