>Enlightening their minds spiritually >Giving them hearts of flesh >Renewing their wills >Effectually drawing them to Jesus
1. Meaning: it is God’s particular calling to salvation, which cannot and will not be resisted, but it will effectually draw the person, to willingly embrace Christ.
2. Biblical Evidence >Genesis 12- Abram >Exoudus 3- Moses >Daniel 4- Nebuchadnezzar >2 Timothy 1:8-9 Called with a holy calling >1 Romans 11:29 Calling irrevocable
3. Distinction from Universal Calling >Matthew 22:14- Universal call to repent >Acts 17:30- Call can be rejected >Psalm 110:3- God does not act against our will, we volunteer freely
4. Challenges and Caveats >It poses a paradox >It fosters laziness and lack of creativity in witnessing >It breeds an arrogant intellectualism
5. Conclusion: The Heart of God >Ezekiel 33:11 The Lord God says, "I take no plesure in the death of the wicked...but that he turn from his way and live." >Matthew 23:37 How often I wanted to gather your children together...and you were unwilling.
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