The efficasious call !

[savedbygrace57]

The call to the predestined or chosen ones, is a efficacious call from God that translates one out of darkness into the marvelous light..

1 pet 2:

9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

This was not a mere opportunity, or something made available to mens choice or decision, but this was an actual call from heaven that translated or passed one from death to life..

col 1:

13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Jn 5:24

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.


This call is actually regeneration or new birth whereby one is made a new creature in Christ..

So God actually calls one out of one realm [ darkness and the dominion of Satan] and calls them into another realm, [ The kingdom of His dear Son which is light]

 

[savedbygrace57]

2 tim 1:

9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel

He hath called us [ the elect] with a Holy calling, for why is it called a Holy Calling ? Because it comes from the Holy , Sovereign God Himself ! It is Holy because it is efficient to secure the accomplishment of the purpose and grace of God rom 8:

29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

A ineffectual call which fails to secure Gospel obedience to the Faith [rom 16:26& rom 15:18] must be defective and not Holy, nor perfect. God's Holy call exhibits His power, for He merely speaks the word and it stands fast, for He commands and it is done, He says, 'Let there be light, and there is Light.

2 cor 4:

6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

 

[savedbygrace57]

Called into believing on Jesus Christ !



1 cor 1:9

9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Organized religion today has very little to say about God's Faithfulness, but it is His by His Faithfulness to Hos Son and to His seed that many are called into believing on the Lord Jesus Christ by way of being called unto the fellowship of Him.

The words " called unto fellowship" can be called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

The word unto is the greek prep eis and primarily means:

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

Called into the sphere of fellowship with Jesus Christ.

Believers have been called [by means of the Faithfulness of God The Father] into the Fellowship of His Son. This is mentioned here in 1 jn 1:

3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Now to be called into the sphere of fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ is to be called into believing in Him, for there can be no fellowship without believing in or Faith in Him..

This called unto or into the Fellowship of Christ is not a offer as those who teach a false gospel may say. They present it as a mere opportunity, and now its up to you to accept or respond to the call.

But scripture here is plain and to the point that some are called into a fellowship with Jesus Christ, by means of the Faithfulness of God the Father. This Fellowship includes Faith or believing in Christ..

Its a effectual call that takes one out of darkness into the marvelous light 1 pet 2:

9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

 

[savedbygrace57]

God is Faithful to the called ones !



Referencing back to the Faithfulness of God in 1 cor 1 9 in calling some into Faith and Fellowship of the The Lord Jesus Christ, also this Faithfulness of God sanctifies the called wholly to present us blameless at the coming of the Lord.

1 thess 5:


23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Notice, Paul prays to the God of Peace for this blessing, the God of Peace is used in Heb 13:

20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

And the blessing He beseeches God for, is that all those called may be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord. This should be a great blessing for the saints who remain until the coming of the Lord as in 1 thess 4:

15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

They have a promise that the God of Peace will preserve them blameless, their outward and inner man..

So in essence, 1 cor 1:

8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

and 1 thess 5:

23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

These affirm the very same Truth, which entirely is depended upon the Faithfulness of God, and nothing else..

 

[elijah23]

The call to the predestined or chosen ones, is a efficacious call from God that translates one out of darkness into the marvelous light..

The Lord is just—he doesn’t play favorites. I hope you aren’t saying otherwise.

 

[Sinthesis]

Mat 9:12 - But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Mat 9:13 - But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.


Luk 14:15 ¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Luk 14:16 - Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
Luk 14:17 - And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Luk 14:18 - And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Luk 14:19 - And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luk 14:20 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luk 14:21 - So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Luk 14:22 - And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Luk 14:23 - And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luk 14:24 - For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.​

 

[savedbygrace57]

more scriptures that indicates a call into Faith !



We have shown how 1 cor 1 9 denotes a call into Faith by way of a call unto Fellowship..

Another scripture that speaks to the same purpose is rom 8:

30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Amen, the same them that He called, them He Justified, that is Justified by Faith..

Paul writes how that Abraham heard the Gospel, how that God would Justify the heathen through Faith Gal 3:

8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

rom 5:

1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:


The same greek prep ek is used, just one translated through faith and the other by Faith..

Nevertheless, the called in rom 8 30 come to Justification by or through Faith..

Paul uses both in same verse here rom 3:30

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

But notice again its a work God shall do..

 

[mondar]

The Lord is just—he doesn’t play favorites. I hope you aren’t saying otherwise.

SBG, I know you are not saying that God plays favorites during his judgment. God judges with a righteous and impartial judgment. I know you are absolutely saying that God's grace is completely and irresistibly efficacious. And on the point you make I want to express my total agreement.

If God dd not show favor to some, we would all go to hell.

Elijah, you are saying that God is somehow obligated to offer his grace to all men equally, or he is unjust. With that concept I wish to express my hearty disapproval and disagreement. I see your statement as totally human merit based and not a Christian concept in the least. I takes no bible student to see the danger of your errors. Grace is favoritism. Grace is commonly defined as "unmerited favor." The root of the word "favoritism" is "favor." I see your statement as a denial of Grace. From other threads I know you believe in the necessity of Grace, but I think such a concept is way to limited. The scriptures posted in the OP by SBG speak of the all powerful sufficiency of the grace of God in his efficacious call to salvation.