The Baptist Catechism

    A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), Alexander Whyte

    Question 32

    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.