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

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Ses s i on 6: A Ca l l to Ser v i ce

b. Acts 13.2 (ESV) – While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

c. Acts 22.21 (ESV) – And he said to me, “Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.”

d. Rom. 1.1 (ESV) – Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God.

e. Rom. 10.15 (ESV) – And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

f. Gal. 1.15 (ESV) – But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace

g. 2 Tim. 2.2 (ESV) – and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

4. The Lordship of Christ come alive! Living as Christ’s disciple in your life situation

a. Recognizing his lordship as absolute, Rom. 14.7-8

b. Responding with prompt obedience to his leadings, John 14.13, 21

c. Taking his yoke on yourself: the burden for Christlikeness ( the law of Christ ) Gal. 6.2 (ESV) – Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.