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All Christians should be As Missionaries: from Their Calling As Saints Exodus 19:6
And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Open passageAll Christians should be As Missionaries: from Their Calling As Saints 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Open passageCalling Ephesians 4:1–3
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: / with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, / and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Open passageCalling Romans 11:29
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
Open passageCalling 2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
Open passageCalling Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Open passageCalling John 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Open passageCalling 1 Corinthians 1:26, 27
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. / But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Open passageCalling Romans 12:4
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
Open passageCalling Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
Open passageCalling 2 Thessalonians 1:11, 12
To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith, / so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Open passageCalling Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Open passageCalling Names Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Open passageCalling Names 2 John 1:9–11
Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. / If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. / Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool Psalm 14:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool 2 Timothy 4:2–4
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. / For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool Psalm 2:7
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool John 8:58
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
Open passageCalling Someone a Fool John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Open passageCalling the Bad Good Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Open passageCalling the Bad Good Proverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
Open passageCalling the Bad Good Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Open passageChiding: Pharaoh Chides Abraham, for Calling his Wife his Sister Genesis 12:18, 19
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? / Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
Open passageChristian Minister: Their Calling Glorious 2 Corinthians 3:7–11
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
Open passageContentment: Saints should Exhibit in Their Respective Callings 1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
Open passageCowardice: Abraham, in Calling his Wife his Sister Genesis 12:11–19
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, / and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. / Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Open passageCowardice: Abraham, in Calling his Wife his Sister Genesis 20:2–12
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him. / One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.” / Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
Open passageCowardice: Isaac, in Calling his Wife his Sister Genesis 26:7–9
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.” / When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. / Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
Open passageDiligence: Making Our Calling Sure 2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
Open passageElection: Ensures to Saints: Effectual Calling Romans 8:30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
Open passageGodly Fear: should be Exhibited in Our Callings Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
Open passageIrony: Pilate, Calling Jesus |King| Mark 15:19
They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
Open passageIrony: Pilate, Calling Jesus |King| John 19:15
At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
Open passageName Calling Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
Open passageName Calling Psalm 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Open passageName Calling Proverbs 29:9–11
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. / Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life. / A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
Open passageName Calling Titus 1:12
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Open passageName Calling Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Open passageName Calling Matthew 3:7, 8
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? / Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Open passageName Calling Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Open passageName Calling Ephesians 6:16
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Open passageName Calling Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Open passagePrayer is Described as Calling Upon the Name of the Lord Genesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
Open passagePrayer is Described as Calling Upon the Name of the Lord Psalm 116:4
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
Open passagePrayer is Described as Calling Upon the Name of the Lord Acts 22:16
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
Open passagePrayer: Answered: Elijah, Calling for Fire to Come Down Upon his Sacrifice 1 Kings 18:36–38
At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command. / Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.” / Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
Open passagePrivileges of Saints: Calling Upon God in Trouble Psalm 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Open passageThe Excellency and Glory of Christ in the Calling of the Gentiles Psalm 72:17
May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
Open passageThe Excellency and Glory of Christ in the Calling of the Gentiles John 12:21, 23
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.” / But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Open passageThe Reward of Saints: The Prize of the High Calling of God in Christ Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Open passageTreasure of Spiritual Calling 2 Corinthians 4:6, 7
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. / Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
Open passageTribe of Ephraim: Remonstrated with Gideon for not Calling Them Sooner Against Judges 8:1–3
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently. / But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? / God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
Open passageTrumpet used for Calling Assemblies Numbers 10:2, 3, 7
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out. / When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. / To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
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