Our Calling

Many Times People in the Religious World Talk About Their Calling or Receiving a Call

Obviously they have a perverted concept of what it means to be called

Many are thinking of a miraculous calling

While many may mess up the term calling - it is Biblical language

1.God Does Call Us

.Acts 2:39

NASV, ESV - “the Lord our God calls to himself”

ASV - “Lord our God shall call unto him.

2 Timothy 1:9 - “called us with a holy calling”

Ephesians 1:18 - “hope of his calling”

ESV - “the hope to which he called us”

Ephesians 4:4 - “one hope of our calling”

1 Corinthians 7:17-20

v.17 - “the Lord has called each one”

v.18 - “called while circumcised”

v.20 “remain in the same calling in which he was called”

2. God Calls Us Through the Gospel

The World Is Looking for a Miraculous Call or A Feeling to Come Over Them

God Calls Not in A Miraculous Way But Through the Simple Preaching of the Gospel

2 Thessalonians 2:14

Examples of conv.

The Day of Pentecost - Acts 2:39

Acts 2:37 - “when they heard this”

Acts 2:40 - “with many other words”

Acts 2:41b - “received his word”

The Conversion of the Samaritans

Acts 8:5 - “preached Jesus to him”

Acts 8:12 - “they believed as he preached”

The Conversion of the Eunuch

Acts 8:35 - “preached Jesus to him”

Acts 8:36 - Ethiopian was called to obey by the preaching

The Conversion of Cornelius

Acts 10:42 - “commanded us to Preach to the people”

Acts 11:14 - “words by which you and all your household will be saved”

3.Characteristics of Our Calling

It is A Heavenly or an Upward Call

Hebrews 3:1

Phil.3:14

It is heavenly because it comes from heaven

God is the one who is calling

John 6:44-46

It is heavenly because it leads to heaven

2 Thess.2:14

Phil.3:12-14

It is a Calling with Hope

Eph.1:18

Eph.4:4

only those who have accepted the call have hope

.It is a holy calling

2 Tim.1:9

holy - sanctified, set apart

God calls us to a holy life

1 Peter 1:13-16

It is A Calling by the Grace of God

2 Tim.1:9

We did nothing to deserve this calling - Titus 3:5

4.Accepting God’s Call

We Accept God’s Call When We Obey the Gospel

Day of Pentecost

Acts 2:38 - promise of forgiveness was to those who obey the gospel

if we fail to obey then we have rejected the Lord’s call - Acts 13:46

5.We Must Walk Worthy of Our Calling

Ephesians 4:1

Paul describes walking worthy of our call in Eph.4-6

2 Thess.1:11