Conversion & Calling, Student Workbook, SW01

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C O N V E R S I O N A N D C A L L I N G

b. Eph. 5.8-14

c. Rom. 13.11-12

3. We shine, we serve as lights in the world as we pass through it, not set up settlements of power here.

a. 1 Pet. 2.11

b. Heb. 11.16

B. The Word enlightens us on the futility of loving the world and the things in it, 1 John 2.15-17.

1. To love the world is to find oneself at cross-purposes with God, James 4.4.

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2. We anchor our hope for a new heaven and earth where the righteousness of God will dwell, 2 Pet. 3.11-13.

3. As Jim Elliott, missionary to the Auca Indians of Ecuador said, “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

C. Living as an alien and stranger allows us to use the resources of the world for the glory of God without being overwhelmed by them.

1. As sojourners, we seek here no lasting place, so we are set free to go anywhere the Lord calls. We have no permanent address in this world.