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

him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.”

2. People are lost and will perish without the deliverance that God alone provides through Jesus Christ, John 3.16, 36.

3. God calls all people everywhere to repent and believe in Jesus Christ, Acts 17.30-31 (ESV) – The times of ignor ance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, [31] because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man

whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

4. True urban ministers, like Moses, have had a “burning bush” experience; they will have responded to the call of God in personal repentance and faith ( you cain’t give what you ain’t got; you cain’t lose what you ain’t never had ).

5. The call to be saved is simultaneously a call to discipleship: immediate, unconditional, and transforming response to Jesus as Lord.

B. Connections to your life today

1. Do I acknowledge the LORD as my Maker and Creator of all things?

2. Do I understand and believe in the biblical outline of the Story of God’s glory?

3. Have I repented and believed in Jesus Christ as Messiah and Lord of all?