This document discusses the concept of calling in Christianity. It explores that believers are called by God to be Christians and obey the gospel. Believers are called to walk worthily according to their calling and live according to God's purpose. The calling is described as heavenly, high, holy, and humble. It brings hope for the future, and God proves faithful to those he calls. In the end, the document encourages believers to answer God's call in their lives.

1. Our Calling

2. Romans 1:5-6 Through Him we have received
grace and apostleship for obedience to the
faith among all nations for His name, (6)
among whom you also are the CALLED OF
JESUS CHRIST; Romans 8:28-30 (28) And we
know that all things work together for good to
those who love God, to those who are the
CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. (29)
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined
to be conformed to the image of His Son, that
He might be the firstborn among many
brethren. (30) Moreover whom He
predestined, these He also called; whom HE
CALLED, these He also justified; and whom
He justified, these He also glorified.

3. OUR CALLING
A. We are called to be Christians.
B. We are called by the gospel - 2 Thessalonians
2:13-14 But we are bound to give thanks to God
always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord,
because God from the beginning chose you for
salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and
belief in the truth, (14) to which He CALLED YOU
BY OUR GOSPEL, for the obtaining of the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
C. We must walk worthy of the call - Ephesians 4:1-3
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
to WALK WORTHY OF THE CALLING WITH WHICH
YOU WERE CALLED, (2) with all lowliness and
gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one
another in love, (3) endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4. I. A HEAVENLY CALLING
A. Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of
the HEAVENLY CALLING, consider the Apostle and
High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,
B. We are called to do the will of God on Earth as it is
in Heaven - Matthew 6:9-10 In this manner,
therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be
Your name. (10) Your kingdom come. Your will be
done On earth as it is in heaven.
C. We work here while our citizenship is in Heaven -
Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven,
from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ,
D. We are as ambassadors here - 2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were pleading through us: we implore
you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

5. II. A HIGH CALLING
A. We have an upward call - Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I
have already attained, or am already perfected; but I
press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ
Jesus has also laid hold of me. (13) Brethren, I do not
count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind and reaching
forward to those things which are ahead, (14) I press
toward the goal for the prize of the UPWARD CALL of
God in Christ Jesus.
B. We are called to eternal life - 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the
good fight of faith, lay hold on ETERNAL LIFE, TO
WHICH YOU WERE ALSO CALLED and have confessed
the good confession in the presence of many
witnesses.
C. We can’t be called by men or call ourselves
D. We must answer the vertical call before we engage
horizontal ministry.

6. III. A HOLY CALLING
A. Our call is holy and our conduct is to be holy
B. We have a holy calling - 2 Timothy 1:8-9 Therefore
do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the
sufferings for the gospel according to the power of
God, (9) who has saved us and called us with a
HOLY CALLING, not according to our works, but
according to His own purpose and grace which
was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
C. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God did not CALL US to
uncleanness, but in holiness.
D. We have a sacred purpose not a secular purpose
E. Grace and Holiness are connected together not in
competition with each other.

7. III. A HOLY CALLING
F.We are called to be saints
1.1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is
at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ
Jesus, CALLED TO BE SAINTS, with all who in
every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord, both theirs and ours:
2.Romans 1:7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of
God, CALLED TO BE SAINTS: Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
3.Jude 1:1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of James, To those who are CALLED,
SANCTIFIED BY GOD the Father, and preserved
in Jesus Christ:

8. IV. A HUMBLE CALLING
A. 1 Corinthians 1:23-29 but we preach Christ crucified,
to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks
foolishness, (24) but to those who are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God. (25) Because the foolishness of God is
wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger
than men. (26) For you see YOUR CALLING, brethren,
that not many wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble, are called. (27) But God has
chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame
the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the
world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
(28) and the base things of the world and the things
which are despised God has chosen, and the things
which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
(29) that no flesh should glory in His presence.
B. It is not a prideful thing to be called by God but a
humbling experience.

9. V. A HOPEFUL CALLING
A. Ephesians 1:15-18 Therefore I also, after I
heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your
love for all the saints, (16) do not cease to
give thanks for you, making mention of you in
my prayers: (17) that the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to
you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of Him, (18) the eyes of your
understanding being enlightened; that you
may know what is the HOPE OF HIS
CALLING, what are the riches of the glory of
His inheritance in the saints,

10. V. A HOPEFUL CALLING
B.Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and
one Spirit, just as YOU WERE CALLED IN
ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; (5) one
Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God
and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all.
C.1 Peter 5:10 But may the God of all grace,
who CALLED US TO HIS ETERNAL GLORY
by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a
while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and
settle you.

11. YOUR CALLING
A.1 Thessalonians 5:24 “Faithful is HE
WHO HAS CALLED YOU, Who also will
do it.”
B.Whatever God calls you to do, He will
equip you to do.
C.He will prove faithful in your life as you
obey the heavenly calling.
D.Have you answered your call?

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