An Authentic Calling: Representing Christ and His Kingdom through the Church

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An Authent i c Ca l l i ng: Represent i ng Chr i s t and Hi s Ki ngdom through the Chur ch

a. The call includes people from all nations and races , 1 Cor. 1.24 (ESV) – but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

b. Demands spiritual enlightenment to fully understand, Eph. 1.18 (ESV) – having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.

c. We must strive to know our calling in order that we might walk worthy of it , Eph. 4.1 (ESV) – I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.

d. Ultimately, our calling will involve the very glory of Jesus Christ , 2 Thess. 2.14 (ESV) – To this he called you through our Gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

G. The unchanging nature of God’s call, Rom. 11.29 (ESV) – For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

1. The calling and gifts of God are irrevocable ( God will not take away from his called person the work he has for them to do ).

2. God’s call is the decisive issue in all spirituality and ministry, Isaiah 11.

3. “The call of God is irrevocable, not irresistible.”