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God didn’t just call “us” … HE CALLED YOU.  Many people today excuse themselves from applying and obeying God’s orders – that’s right, I called it ORDERS – you see, His call for the believer is NOT optional – or when it’s convenient. In the New Testament the Greek verb to ‘call’ occurs about 150 times, and in most cases God is calling human beings…  and, you are  human, right?

In the Old Testament God called Moses, Samuel and the prophets; in the New Testament Jesus called the Twelve and later Saul of Tarsus.

Today, although we may not see ourselves as be prophets or apostles, He still calls us into His service.  It is a wonderful fact that God cares about us enough to call us personally and individually. In the end, we must realize it’s not a person (pastor, priest, parent) who calls you, no, it is always God… it is ’He who called ‘ (e.g. Gal. 5:8; 1 Pet. 1:15); and we are not just called to do what we feel like – when we feel like it – no, ‘we are ‘called according to His purpose’ (e.g. Rom. 8:28; Heb. 9:15).

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