Some say that "external call" of the Gospel is to everyone, while the "effectual / internal call" to the elect only. In the Bible, the call / command of the Gospel goes TOGETHER with the promise of the Gospel. Examples:
'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden (call / command to come), AND I will give you rest' (promise). (Mt.11:27)
'Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (command), AND ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost' (promise) (Ac.2:37)
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (command), AND thou shalt be saved, and thy house' (promise). (Ac.16:31)
If he so called external call of the Gospel be addressed to everyone without exception, then what is the accompanying external promise?
A universal command implies and necessitates a universal promise attached to it, which promise is conditioned upon the fulfillment of the command. Examples:
'Come unto Christ everybody AND Christ shall give rest to those of you who do come'.
'Repent...AND those of you who do, shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost'.
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, AND those of you who do so, shall be saved and your houses, if they so do.'
Manifestly, these samples of preaching are overtly Arminian. The Calvinistic duty faith preachers want to escape Arminianism. They insist that the call of the gospel is to all men, head for head, while the promise of the gospel is only for the elect. But as the above examples demonstrate, commands and promises in Scripture are addressed to the same people. So, if everybody without exception is to be commanded to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, then everyone without exception MUST BE promised that they shal be saved (if they do believe) and their houses (if they do so). To avoid the predicament, duty faith preachers in the Reformed camp come up with a truncated gospel call for all men. They will most emphatically shout 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ!' but they'll be shy to say 'and thou shalt be saved and thy house to everyone'. They know full well, a universal promise is of necessity a conditional promise. Hence they will issue commands without any promises. To make sure that the reprobates get their hopeless / promise-less duty.
'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden (call / command to come), AND I will give you rest' (promise). (Mt.11:27)
'Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (command), AND ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost' (promise) (Ac.2:37)
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (command), AND thou shalt be saved, and thy house' (promise). (Ac.16:31)
If he so called external call of the Gospel be addressed to everyone without exception, then what is the accompanying external promise?
A universal command implies and necessitates a universal promise attached to it, which promise is conditioned upon the fulfillment of the command. Examples:
'Come unto Christ everybody AND Christ shall give rest to those of you who do come'.
'Repent...AND those of you who do, shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost'.
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, AND those of you who do so, shall be saved and your houses, if they so do.'
Manifestly, these samples of preaching are overtly Arminian. The Calvinistic duty faith preachers want to escape Arminianism. They insist that the call of the gospel is to all men, head for head, while the promise of the gospel is only for the elect. But as the above examples demonstrate, commands and promises in Scripture are addressed to the same people. So, if everybody without exception is to be commanded to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, then everyone without exception MUST BE promised that they shal be saved (if they do believe) and their houses (if they do so). To avoid the predicament, duty faith preachers in the Reformed camp come up with a truncated gospel call for all men. They will most emphatically shout 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ!' but they'll be shy to say 'and thou shalt be saved and thy house to everyone'. They know full well, a universal promise is of necessity a conditional promise. Hence they will issue commands without any promises. To make sure that the reprobates get their hopeless / promise-less duty.
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