| Question | What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? |
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| Answer | They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, 1 adoption, 2 sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them. 3 |
The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
Benjamin Beddome’s Exposition
Is effectual calling of great advantage?
Yes.
Godliness is profitable unto all things,
1 Timothy 4:8
Is it of immediate advantage?
Yes.
If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land,
Isaiah 1:19
And of eternal advantage?
Yes.
For it hath the promise not only of the life that now is, but of that which is to come,
1 Timothy 4:8
Doth it bring into a state of grace?
Yes.
Such are not under the law, but under grace,
Romans 6:15
And into a state of comfort?
Yes.
We who have believed do enter into rest,
Hebrews 4:3
And into a state of holiness?
Yes.
God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness,
1 Thessalonians 4:7
And is it an earnest of everlasting glory?
Yes.
For God will give grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from those who walk uprightly,
Psalm 84:11
Are those who are effectually called justified?
Yes.
Whom he called, them he also justified,
Romans 8:30
Is this a great privilege?
Yes.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity,
Psalm 32:2
Is it the certain and enduring privilege of all the saints?
Yes.
There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus,
Romans 8:1
And are all others excluded?
Yes.
They are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity,
Acts 8:23
Are all those that are effectually called adopted?
Yes.
Ya are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ,
Galatians 3:26
Is this a great instance of love in God?
Yes.
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God,
1 John 3:1
And a great blessing to men?
Yes.
For if children, then heirs,
Romans 8:17
Are such also sanctified?
Yes.
They are sanctified in Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 1:2
And without this would their happiness be incomplete?
Yes.
For without holiness none shall see the Lord,
Hebrews 12:14
Have those who are effectually called a title to all other covenant blessings?
Yes.
All things are yours,
1 Corinthians 3:22
And may they take the comfort of them?
Yes.
As having nothing and yet possessing all things,
2 Corinthians 6:10
And is this their case without exception?
Yes.
For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him,
Romans 10:12
The Westminster Larger Catechism
| Question | What is the communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ? |
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| Answer | The communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is their partaking of the virtue of his mediation, in their justification, 1 adoption, 2 sanctification, and whatever else, in this life, manifests their union with him. 3 |