CALLING INTRODUCTION

THE DOCTRINE OF CALLING

INTRODUCTION

       Calling is very closely connected with the doctrine of Election. Rom. 8:30 "Whom he did predestinate, them He also called."

       The question here might be stated as follows: I came to Christ for sal­vation--but why and how did I actually come? To this several answers have been made:

            (1) I came by myself (Pelagian)

            (2) I started to come and God helped me (Semi-Pelagian)

            (3) God started to bring me and I co-operated (Arminian)

            (4) God brought me and I did not resist (Lutheran)

            (5) God brought me to Christ (Calvinism)