Westminster Larger Catechism

Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and grace,²⁷³ whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereunto)²⁷⁴ he doth, in his accepted time, invite and draw them to Jesus Christ, by his Word and Spirit;²⁷⁵ savingly enlightening their minds,²⁷⁶ renewing and powerfully determining their wills,²⁷⁷ so as they (although in themselves dead in sin) are hereby made willing and able freely to answer his call, and to accept and embrace the grace offered and conveyed therein.²⁷⁸