Efficacious Grace

Question 1

(Def) Efficacious Grace

Answer 1

God’s special redemptive grace infallibly secures the salvation of those who receive it.

• Necessary and sufficient

Question 2

Implication 1

Answer 2

When God determines to save someone, that person will surely be saved.

God’s decretive will never fails

Question 3

Implication 2

Answer 3

Both an “external” and “internal” call to salvation in Christ.

Analogy - Lazarus raised (Jn. 11:43-44)

Question 4

External call

Answer 4

Outward invitation, indiscriminate (Mt. 22, Romans 10:14)

Question 5

Internal call

Answer 5

Inwards converting work (Rom 8:28-30, 1 Cor 1:24)

Question 6

Implication 3

Answer 6

Divine grace precedes the human response to the gospel.

These internal changes secure a positive humans response to the gospel.

Compass fixed or forced?

Question 7

Implication 4

Answer 7

Human freedom is compatible with comprehensive divine sovereignty

Question 8

Misunderstanding 1

Answer 8

“The Holy Spirit coerces people into accepting Christ as Savior and Lord.”

• Through our wills, not against