Reference: Calling
Easton
a profession, or as we usually say, a vocation (1Co 7:20). The "hope of your calling" in Eph. 4:4 is the hope resulting from your being called into the kingdom of God.
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Everybody must remain in the station in which he was called.
Morish
The words ?????, ??????, ??????, have various applications in scripture. There is:
1. the usual position or occupation of a person, as slave or freeman: the Christian is exhorted to continue in his calling if he can do so with God. 1Co 7:20-24.
2. The general 'call' or invitation by the gospel, in contradistinction from those that are 'chosen.' Mt 20:16; 22:14.
3. God's call to individuals, when he also makes them willing to obey: as when Abraham was called to leave his country and kindred. Heb 11:8.
4. In an absolute sense for salvation: 'whom he did predestinate, them he also called: whom he called, them he also justified.' Ro 8:30; 11:29. The saints are saints by calling; the apostles were apostles by calling. Ro 1:1,7. The Christian is exhorted to use diligence to make his 'calling and election' sure, 2Pe 1:10, evidently not in the mind of God, but in his own mind.
5. We read of the 'high' calling, the 'holy' calling, and the 'heavenly' calling. Php 3:14; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 3:1. The 'vocation' in Eph 4:1 is the same word.
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So those who are last now will be first then, and those first will be last."
For many are invited, but few are selected."
Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,
to all those in Rome who are God's loved ones, called to be His people: spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.
and those whom He marked off as His own He also calls; and those whom He calls He brings into right standing with Himself; those whom He brings into right standing with Himself He also glorifies.
for the gracious gifts and call of God are never taken back.
Everybody must remain in the station in which he was called. Were you called while a slave? Stop letting that annoy you. Yet, if you can win your freedom, take advantage of such an opportunity. read more. For the slave who has been called to union with the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in the same way the freeman who has been called is a slave of Christ. You have been bought and actually paid for; stop becoming slaves to men. Brothers, each one must continue close to God in the very station in which he was called.
So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
and a man who continues to cling to the trustworthy message as he was taught it, so that he may be competent to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to convict those who oppose him.
Therefore, my Christian brothers, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Messenger and High Priest whom we profess to follow,
By faith Abraham, on being called, obeyed in starting off for a country which he was to receive as his own, and he did it in spite of the fact that he did not know where he was going.
Therefore, brothers, be all the more in earnest to make certain to yourselves God's call and choice of you. For if you cultivate these qualities, you will never slip,
Watsons
CALLING, a term in theology, which is taken in a different sense by the advocates and the impugners of the Calvinistic doctrine of grace. By the former it is thus stated: In the golden chain of spiritual blessings which the Apostle enumerates in Ro 8:30, originating in the divine predestination, and terminating in the bestowment of eternal glory on the heirs of salvation, that of calling forms an important link. "Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also glorified." Hence we read of "the called according to his purpose," Ro 8:28. There is indeed a universal call of the Gospel to all men; for wherever it comes it is the voice of God to those who hear it, calling them to repent and believe the divine testimony unto the salvation of their souls; and it leaves them inexcusable in rejecting it, Joh 3:14-19; but this universal call is not inseparably connected with salvation; for it is in reference to it that Christ says, "Many are called, but few are chosen," Mt 22:14. But the Scripture also speaks of a calling which is effectual, and which consequently is more than the outward ministry of the world; yea, more than some of its partial and temporary effects upon many who hear it, for it is always ascribed to God's making his word effectual through the enlightening and sanctifying influences of his Holy Spirit. Thus it is said, "Paul may plant, and Apollos water, but God giveth the increase," 1Co 3:6-7. Again, he is said to have "opened the heart of Lydia, that she attended to the doctrine of Paul," Ac 16:14. "No man can come unto Christ, except the Father draw him," Joh 6:44. Hence faith is said to be the gift of God, Eph 2:8; Php 1:29. The Spirit takes of the things of Christ and shows them to men, Joh 16:14; and thus opens their eyes, turning them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, Ac 26:18. And so God saves his people, not by works of righteousness which they have done, but according to his mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Tit 3:5. Thus they are saved, and called with a holy calling, not according to their works, but according to the divine purpose and grace which was given them in Christ Jesus before the world began, 2Ti 1:9.
2. To this it is replied, that this whole statement respecting a believer's calling is without any support from the Scriptures, and is either a misunderstanding, or a misapplication of their sense. "To call" signifies to invite to the blessings of the Gospel, to offer salvation through Christ, either by God himself, or, under his appointment, by his servants; and in the parable of the marriage of the king's son, Mt 22:1-14, which appears to have given rise, in many instances, to the use of this term in the Epistles, we have three descriptions of "called" or invited persons. First, the disobedient, who would not come in at the call, but made light of it. Second, the class of persons represented by the man who, when the king came in to see his guests, had not on the wedding garment; and with respect to whom our Lord makes the general remark. "For many are called, but few are chosen;" so that the persons thus represented by this individual culprit were not only "called," but actually came into the company. Third, the approved guests; those who were both called and chosen. As far as the simple calling or invitation is concerned, all these three classes stood upon equal ground
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Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said: "The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding reception for his son. read more. And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!' But they paid no attention to it, but went off, one to his farm, another to his place of business, and the rest seized his slaves, treated them with violence, and murdered them. Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city. After that he said to his slaves, 'My wedding reception is ready, but those invited have proved unworthy. So go out to the country crossroads and invite everybody you find to my wedding reception.' And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests. But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit. So he said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding suit on?' But his lips were sealed. Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.' For many are invited, but few are selected."
For many are invited, but few are selected."
And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life. read more. "For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life. For God sent His Son into the world, not to pass sentence on it, but that the world through Him might be saved. Whoever trusts in Him is never to come up for judgment, but whoever does not trust in Him has already received his sentence, because he has not trusted in the name of God's only Son. And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were evil, men have loved darkness more than the light.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the last day.
He will glorify me, because He will take the things that belong to me and tell them to you.
for the promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are far away whom the Lord our God may call to Him."
Among them was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods from the town of Thyatira, and she stayed to listen to us. She was already a worshiper of God, and the Lord so moved upon her heart that she accepted the message spoken by Paul.
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's power to God, so as to have their sins forgiven and have a possession among those that are consecrated by faith in me.'
through whom we have received God's favor and a commission as an apostle in His name to urge upon all the heathen obedience inspired by faith, among whom you too as called ones belong to Jesus Christ --
Yes, we know that all things go on working together for the good of those who keep on loving God, who are called in accordance with God's purpose.
and those whom He marked off as His own He also calls; and those whom He calls He brings into right standing with Himself; those whom He brings into right standing with Himself He also glorifies.
and those whom He marked off as His own He also calls; and those whom He calls He brings into right standing with Himself; those whom He brings into right standing with Himself He also glorifies.
even us whom He has called, not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen too?
but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks alike, the Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom.
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who kept the plants growing. So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for much, but God is everything in keeping the plants growing.
Has a man been called after he was circumcised? He must not try to change it. Has a man been called without being circumcised? He must not be circumcised.
I am astonished that you are beginning so soon to turn away from Him who called you by the favor of Christ, to a different good news,
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.
For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God.
So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,
There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope resulting from the call you have received;
For it has been graciously granted to you for Christ's sake, not only to trust in Him but also to suffer for Him,
to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.
to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.
We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth, and to this end He called you by our preaching of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,
For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago, but has only recently been made known through the appearance of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who through the good news has put a stop to the power of death, and brought life and immortality to light.
He saved us, not for upright deeds that we had done, but in accordance with His mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,