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The High Calling of God
Definition:
Calling is
the invitation to receive both the blessings and the responsibilities of salvation
provided by Christ.
We Have Not
Yet Arrived
Philippians
3:10-14
Being born
again is not arriving.
- We are still being perfected.
Perfection
is in 3 Stages
Perfection
is not instantaneous; it is a progression.
1.
Positional Perfection
- Already possessed by believers in Christ.
Hebrews 10:14
2. Relative
Perfection (maturity)
- Maturity is achieved progressively.
2 Corinthians 7:1
3. Ultimate
Perfection (spirit, soul, and body)
- Realized at the resurrection of the dead.
Paul said he had not arrived at this
perfection.
Forgetting
The Things Behind
Many Things
Are Behind Us
Sin,
wickedness, unbelief
- Dwelling on problems and defeats.
We are to forget these things.
Faith,
grace, victory
- Dwelling on blessings and victories.
We are to forget these too.
We are not
to STAY anywhere except in Christ.
People Like
to Think They Have Arrived
They have a
victory or grow a little…
- They call it the end of the line!
The Prize of
The High Calling
A Prize Is
Won Through Effort
Our prize is
the high calling of God.
Maturity.
Ephesians
4:1
Christians
should attune themselves to the gospel BY WHICH they are called, and the glory TO WHICH
they are called.
We are called to God’s kingdom and
glory.
- We must walk as becomes the heirs of these things.
2 Peter 1:10
We must
determine for ourselves that we are walking in the calling of God (salvation and glory).
Your
Abilities
Parable of
The Talents
Matthew
25:14
Walking
Worthy of God
Colossians
1:9-18
Not Mere Men
Since our
conversion we are no longer like ordinary men and women of the world.
For your
are still (unspiritual, having the nature) of the flesh—under the control of ordinary
impulses. For as long as [there are] envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among
you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard
and like mere (unchanged) men? 1 Corinthians 3:3 —AMP
Fruitful
Children
John 15:7, 8
Bearing fruit is the result of abiding in God’s word.
2 Peter 1:3,
4
- Hope fruit
- Faith fruit
- Patience fruit
- Love fruit
- Prayer fruit
Walking worthy of the Lord means bearing
fruit, and bearing fruit is the result of allowing God’s word to abide in you.
Being God-inside-minded
If you do
not limit the Holy Ghost, then you will be limitless.
You begin taking on new and greater
responsibility knowing that God’s ability and wisdom are yours.
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