Covenant Reformed News – November 2006 • Volume XI, Issue 7
This article from Covenant Reformed News expounds on 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 to demonstrate how God's effectual call comes to the elect within their particular earthly vocations and circumstances, emphasizing divine sovereignty in salvation. The author uses Paul's example of circumcision and uncircumcision in the Corinthian church to show that believers should remain content in their callings, recognizing that God accomplishes His purpose of gathering the universal church through diverse stations and conditions of life.
Abiding in Our Calling (2) I Corinthians 7:17-24 stresses that the effectual call comes to men and women in their earthly calling or vocation. God not only determines whom He calls but also when and in what circumstances He calls each elect sinner to salvation. Thus God’s effectual call (grace) comes to the elect sinner in his earthly vocation (providence). In both the heavenly call and our earthly calling, Jehovah is absolutely sovereign (cf. “as God hath distributed to every man” [17])....