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Understanding Your Call #2
God has placed
a three-fold call on the lives of
His children: 1. We are called
to find salvation in Jesus.
Jesus calls us to receive Him as
our Savior and to have a personal
relationship with Him through the
indwelling of His Holy Spirit. He
wants us to lay down the burden of
trying to work out salvation
ourselves. Instead, He invites us
to trust Him to do the
transforming work in us. (Matthew
11:28-29)
2.We are
called to abide in Jesus. We
abide in the Lord when we are:
listening to Him speak through
Scripture; living in growing
dependence on Him; learning to
know Him more intimately; and
drawing upon His power to live
godly lives. Jesus calls us to
make our relationship with Him
primary above other relationships
and to remain with Him without
interruption all of our days.
3. We are
called to follow Jesus. To
follow someone requires knowing
his character, his plans, and how
he desires to carry them out.
Scripture tells us clearly all we
need to know to follow Jesus. The
evidence that we are following Him
will appear in our attitudes,
conduct, character, conversation,
and relationships.
Without the
Holy Spirit’s presence—which we
received at salvation—we can’t
abide in Jesus. (1 Corinthians
2:14) Without abiding in Christ,
we will not know Him well enough
to follow. If we choose not to
follow, we will miss out on the
joy and contentment God has
planned for us. Are you living out
God’s three-fold call in your life?
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