11/21/17 QUIT BLAMING GOD

11/21/17 QUIT BLAMING GOD

Someone told me yesterday that the elect are the ones who are called.

I responded with God's word,
Matthew 22:14
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

The other person smiled and then said, as a qualifier,
"The Effectual Calling."

This is sinning religion's way of disqualifying the call of God. They say that God only calls the "elect" with an EFFECTUAL CALLING (indicating that God's call of the elect will effect salvation), but God calls some people, without intending to save them from their sins. Such duplicity does not exist with God. He does not call people without His willingness and desire to save them.

HERE IS THE PROBLEM. It is not that God only calls some people honestly to salvation, resulting in salvation, but He calls others in a mock, deceitful, insincere call, because He has no desired to save them.
NO, NO, NO. The effectual call (so called) is effectual because the person chooses to receive the call. It is not ineffectual because God is insincere or because God has not made provision for that person's salvation. IT IS INEFFECTUAL BECAUSE OF THE PERSON'S REFUSAL TO ALIGN WITH THE WILL OF GOD.

Calvinism and Reformed theology blames God for people not receiving an effectual calling, when in reality it is the fault of the person who refuses to believe, receive and obey God.

When you get down to it, ELECT means CHOSEN. God's calling people to salvation is real, for the elect and the non elect. It is the response of the sinner that determines whether the calling is effectual or not.