God Calls Us 1 Four Calls In Life

God Calls Us 1

Four Calls In Life - Three Must Be Answered The Gospel Call II Thess 2: 13 -15 called by the Gospel; called to Glory - Salvation available to all by God’s grace Titus 2: 11 -14 … instructs deny ungodliness; live righteously in this wld - Salvation is the good news in Christ Rom 1: 16 -17 - Glad tidings which was preached unto you I Peter 1: 22 -25 God’s Call is evident Rev 22: 17 Man is not forced to answer this call Matt 16: 24 Though by choice he dare not neglect it II Th 1: 7 -9 2

God Calls Us I Peter 2: 6 -10 Christ the foundation stone by which obedient believers are called out of darkness (sin) into His marvelous light (saved) 2: 21 -25 called to follow Him 2: 9 b-12 called to inherit the blessings “who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing … in Christ even as He chose us in Him… ” Eph 1: 3 -5 3

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God Calls Us – Three Must Be Answered The Call Of Death Heb 9: 27 Appointed once to die; then the judgment - Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Gen 2: 7; Eccl 12: 7 … spirit returns to God who gave it - call may come at any time Jas 4: 13 -17 … just a step between me and death I Sam 20: 3 Outside of Christ; subject to it’s bondage Heb 2: 15 In Christ one finds release “to die is gain” Phil 1: 21 Never forget the old must die & the young do die 5

God Calls Us – Three Must Be Answered The Resurrection Call John 5: 28 -29 all in the grave will hear His Voice - done good; the resurrection of life - done evil; the resurrection of condemnation I Cor 15: 16 -19 If no resurrection, Christ not raised - you are still in your sins, your faith is vain Rev 14: 12 -13 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord - God not a God of the dead, but the living Matt 22: 31 -33 Beware: “not everyone that sayeth unto Me Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven” Lk 6: 46 6

God Calls – The Final Call The Judgment Call Heb 9: 27 appointed to die THEN “cometh the judgment” - each shall give account of himself unto God Rom 14: 10 -12 - all will stand before the judgment seat of Christ II Cor 5: 10 … to give account … for the things done in the body “prepare to meet thy God” Amos 4: 12 “God is ready to judge the living & the dead” I Pet 4: 5 “Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men” II Cor 5: 11 7

Now Is The Time To Answer The Gospel Call Good commands all men everywhere to REPENT Acts 17: 30 -31 inasmuch as He has appointed a day to judge the world in righteousness by that man that He ordained given assurance in that He raised Him from the dead Heb 5: 8 -9 belief & obedience are required “author of eternal salvation unto all who obey Him” “TODAY is the DAY of Salvation” II Cor 5: 21 -6: 3 8

God Calls Us Psalm 86: 5 -7 God is ready to forgive, pardon those who call upon him God is ready to judge the living and the dead I Peter 4: 4 -5 “who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing … in Christ even as He chose us in Him…That we should be holy & w/o blemish before Him in love ” Eph 1: 3 -5 9