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Lecture
13 CALLING: UNIVERSAL CALL AND GOSPEL CALL
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The ordo salutis is being challenged today. Why begin with
calling?
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Rom. 8:30
and these whom He predestined, He
also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He
justified, He also glorified.
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-- Calling
is closely associated with predestination.
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II Tim. 1:9
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was
granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity.
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Rom. 8:28
And we know
that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are called according to {His} purpose.
A.
´¶¹Mªº©I¥lUniversal Call (=Vocation)
1.
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The universal
call comes through general revelation.
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Gen.
1:3
Then God
said, ¡§Let there be light¡¨; and there was light.
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Psalm
33:6
By the word
of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their
host.
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Psalm 33:9
For He
spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
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Psalm 19:1
The heavens
are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His
hands.
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Psalm 19:8
The
precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the
LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
--³Q³y¤§ª«±Ò¥Ü¤W«Ò¡AµL¥i±À½Ó¡C Unmistakable revelation in creation.
-- ¸Ö19¡R1 z»¡¡R¡§®Ñ¡¨ ªº·N«ä¡C
Psalm 19:1 ¡V declare ¡V seper ¡V ¡§Book¡¨.
-- ¤ñ§Q®É«H¥õ§i¥Õ¡R´¶¹M±Ò¥Ü¤]¬O©I¥l¡C Belgic Confession: General
revelation = call.
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Rom. 1:20
For since
the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and
divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been
made, so that they are without excuse.
-- ¦b¦ÛµM¬Éªº±Ò¥Ü¡A´N¬O©I¥l¡C Revelation in nature constitutes a
call.
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Rom. 2:15
in that
they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing
witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them.
-- ´¶¹M±Ò¥Ü¡AÂǤW«Ò©Ò³yªº¤@¤Á¡A¦V¤H©IÆ~¡An¤Ht³d¡C
-- General
revelation confronts every man in all that God has made.
2.
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The
universal call is not redemptive.
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It
confronts man as man, and as sinner.
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Because man
does not respond, he is guilty and is without excuse.
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Universal
negative response by man to general revelation = index of human depravity.
B.
¯S®í©I¥l¡]¤@¡^¡RºÖµªº©I¥lSpecial Call (1): Gospel Call
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Eph. 2:10
For we are
His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand so that we would walk in them.
1.
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The gospel
call is the climax of common grace.
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Universal
call ¡V God as creator
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Gospel call
¡V God as redeemer
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Gospel call
= sometimes called universal call, because it is designed for all men.
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But in the
providence of God, it does not go to all men.
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Gospel call = climax of common grace, because it
introduces the special principle of call.
Elements of
gospel call (=means of grace): Word and Sacraments.
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Can a
Calvinist (who believes in election)
preach the gospel to every man?
Yes.
i.
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Announcement
of the plan of salvation.
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The focus
is on the person and work of Jesus Christ.
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Including
the whole counsel of God = none can be suppressed: including
the
doctrine of particular redemption.
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Gospel is
not description of how men are saved, or how I am saved.
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That¡¦s part
of it. (i.e., it is not in the
first place in the Epistles.)
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The
gospel¡¦s focus is in Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection.
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The gospel
comes out of the gospels!
ii.
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Promise of
redemption. Not a promise made to
all men.
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The promise
of God is not reduced to an offer.
God KEEPS his promise.
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Acts 16:31
They said,
¡§Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.¡¨
-- ¬Û«Hªº¤H¥²±o±Ï¡C BELIEVERS will be saved.
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Gal. 3:22
But the
Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus
Christ might be given to those who believe.
Revised
Standard Version ¡V What is promised to faith in Jesus Christ.
iii.
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Command,
exhortation, invitation to believe.
Hodge, 645 ff.
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Matt. 11:28
¡§Come to
Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.¡¨
(1)¨Ó¨ìC¿q±«e¡CCome unto me.
(2)¤W«ÒªºÀ³³\¡R¦w®§¡CPromise: rest.
(3)n¨Ó¡]ÄU«j¡^¡CCome (exhortation).
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Acts
2:21
¡¥AND IT
SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.¡¦
(1)
«Å§i¡R¸Ö½g«ü¦V°ò·þ¡CAnnouncement: psalms -> Christ
(2)
§h©J¡R®¬§ï¡CCommand: repent
(3)
À³³\¡R¸tÆF¡CPromise: Holy Spirit
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Calvinist
text: name of the Lord presupposes people know something about it.
iv.
ºÖµ©I¥lªº¯S¼x¡CDistinctives of the gospel call.
a.
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The gospel proclamation is same for
the elect and non-elect.
It
sets forth Jesus Christ to sinners who need Him. (=> hyper-Calvinism.)
b.
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The
gospel proclamation does not presuppose the ability of men to accept the
gospel. (=> ¡§prevenient grace¡¨ ¡V
Roman Catholics.)
c.
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The
gospel proclamation does not, of itself, overcome men¡¦s inability to
believe. (=> Lutheranism¡AArminianism.)
d.
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The gospel is the power of God unto
salvation. (=> all humanism.)
Because
it is of God, because it is about Christ, because it is the means used by the
Holy Spirit to convert men and women.
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