12 Bible Verses about The Call Of God
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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him hearing say, Come. And let him thirsting come. And let him wishing, take the water of life freely.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world, being understood by things made, are inspected, truly both his eternal power and divinity; so that they are inexcusable:
And I shall send to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Turn ye back now each from his evil way, and make good your doings, and ye shall not go after other gods to serve them, and turn ye back to the land which I gave to you and to your fathers: and ye inclined not your ear and ye heard not to me.
For Christ therefore are we ambassadors, as of God beseeching by us: we pray for the sake of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
To which he called you by our good news, to the acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light:
Look to me all ye ends of the earth and be saved, for I am God, and none else.
Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending;
Thy people were willing in the day of thy strength, in the splendors of holiness from the womb of the dawn: to thee the dew of thy childhood.
And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life.
And to these the called, to both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and wisdom of God.
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Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
For you to walk worthy of God, calling you into his kingdom and glory.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Temporal judgments
To whom he said to them, This the rest they caused to the weary to rest; and this the quiet: and they would not hear.
Thus said Jehovah, Stand ye upon the ways, and see, and ask for the beaten paths of old, where this the good way, and go ye in it, and find rest to your soul. And they will say, We will not go.
For this, thus said Jehovah, God of armies, God of Israel, Behold me bringing to Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil which I spake concerning them; because I spake to them and they heard not; and I shall call to them and they answered not
And their heart they set a diamond from hearing the instruction and the words which Jehovah of armies sent by his spirit by the hand of the former prophets: and there will be great wrath from Jehovah of armies. And it will be as he called and they heard not; so they shall call, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of armies: And I will toss them about among all the nations which they knew not: and the land was desolate after them from passing through and from turning back: and they shall set the land of desire for a desolation.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Withdrawal of the means of grace
And they opposing, and blaspheming, having shaken off the garments violently, he said to them, Your blood upon your head; I clean: from now will I go to the nations.
And Paul and Barnabas speaking freely, said, To you was it first necessary for the word of God to be spoken: but since ye reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations.
And say to them, Thus said Jehovah, If ye will not hear to me to go in my law which I gave before your face, To hear to the words of my servants the prophets which I sent to you, and rising early and sending, and ye heard not; And I gave this house as Shiloh, and this city I will give for cursing to all the nations of the earth.
Therefore remember whence thou hest fallen, and repent, and do the first works; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will move the chandelier out of its place, except thou repent.
The call of God » Effectual to saints
Praising God, and having favor with the whole people. And in the day the Lord added the saved to the church.
And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life.
Thy people were willing in the day of thy strength, in the splendors of holiness from the womb of the dawn: to thee the dew of thy childhood.
And to these the called, to both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and wisdom of God.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Rejection by God
Wilt thou cast thy lot in the midst of us; one purse shall be to all: My son, thou shalt not go in the way with them; withhold thy foot from their beaten paths: For their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out blood: read more.
For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing. And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls. So the ways of every one plundering plunder; he will take the soul of those possessing it. Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice: She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words: How long, ye simple, will ye love simplicity? and mockers delight to mock for them, and the foolish hate knowledge? Ye shall turn back at my reproofs: behold, I will pour forth my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you. Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending; And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs: Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror; In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs. And they shall eat from the fruit of their way, and be filled with their purposes For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them.
Hear, thou earth: Behold me bringing evil to this people, the fruit of their purposes, for to my word they hearkened not, and my law they will reject it.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Judicial blindness
And he will say, Go, and say to this people, Hearing, hear ye, and ye shall not understand; and seeing, see ye, and ye shall not know.
And some truly were persuaded by things spoken, and some disbelieved. And being at variance with one another, they were let go, Paul having said one word, That well spake the Holy Spirit by Esaias the prophet to our fathers, Saying, Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and ye should not perceive: read more.
For the heart of this people was thickened, and with ears heard they heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with the eyes, and with ears should hear, and with the heart they should understand, and turn back, and I should heal them.
(As has been written, God gave them the spirit of mortal pain, eyes not to see, and earn not to hear;) even to this day. And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for booty, and for a stumblingblock, and for a retribution to them: Let their eyes be darkened not to see, and let them bend their back always.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Condemnation
He rejecting me, and not receiving my words, has him judging him: the word which I spake, that shall judge him in the last day.
For this ought we to hold above measure to the things heard, lest we slip away. For if the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and bad instruction received the just payment of reward; How shall we escape, having neglected such great salvation; which at the beginning taken to be spoken by the Lord, by them having heard was made firm to us;
See that ye refuse not him speaking. For if they escaped not, having refused him giving an intimation of the divine will on earth, much more we, who having turned back from him from the heavens:
The call of God » To man is » According to the purpose of God
And we know that to them loving God, all things work together for good, to them being called according to the setting up.
(For not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that according to choice the purpose of God might remain, not of works, but of him calling;)
And that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory Whom he also called us, not only from the Jews, but also of the nations?
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Delusion
Also I will choose upon their vexations, and I will bring their fears to them; for I called, and none answered; I spake, and they heard not: and they will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, they chose.
And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved. And for this, God shall send them the energy of error, for them to believe in falsehood:
The call of God » To man is » To peace
And let the peace of God act as umpire in your hearts, to which also, ye were called in one body: and be grateful.
And if the unbelieving is separated, let him be separated. A brother or a sister has not been reduced to slavery in such things as these: and God has called us in peace.
The call of God » To man is » To the eternal glory of Christ
And the God of all grace, having called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, may he put you in proper order, having suffered a little time, may he support you, make firm, lay the foundation.
To which he called you by our good news, to the acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The call of God » By his ministers
For Christ therefore are we ambassadors, as of God beseeching by us: we pray for the sake of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
And I shall send to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Turn ye back now each from his evil way, and make good your doings, and ye shall not go after other gods to serve them, and turn ye back to the land which I gave to you and to your fathers: and ye inclined not your ear and ye heard not to me.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Destruction
A Man of reproofs hardening the neck, shall be suddenly broken, and no healing.
And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come. And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials. And they, not having heeded, departed, one truly to his own field, and one to his traffic: read more.
And the rest, having seized his servants, were insolent, and killed them. And the king, having heard, was angry, and having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
The call of God » To man is » Of grace
Who having saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, given us in Christ Jesus before eternal times,
And when God was contented, having separated me from my mother's womb, and having called me, by his grace,
The call of God » Most reject
Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending;
So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.
The call of God » Addressed to all
So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.
Look to me all ye ends of the earth and be saved, for I am God, and none else.
The call of God » By Christ
Behold, nations thou shalt not know; thou shalt call, and nations that knew thee not shall run to thee, for sake of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he honored thee.
The call of God » By his gospel
To which he called you by our good news, to the acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The call of God » To man is » To holiness
The call of God » To man is » To fellowship with Christ
God faithful, by whom we were called to the communion of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
The call of God » To man is » High
I pursue toward the scope for the prize of combat of the calling above of God in Christ Jesus.
The call of God » By his spirit
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him hearing say, Come. And let him thirsting come. And let him wishing, take the water of life freely.
The call of God » Blessedness of receiving
And he says to me, Write, Happy they called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.
The call of God » To man is » To eternal life
Contend earnestly the good contest of faith, take hold upon eternal life, into which thou wert also called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
The call of God » To man is » To liberty
For ye were called to liberty brethren; only not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve ye one another.
The call of God » Illustrated
She sent forth her girls: she will call upon the wings of the heights of the city, Who the simple, he shall turn aside here: he wanting heart, she said to him,
The call of God » To man is » Holy
Knowing this, that the law is laid down not for the just one, but for the lawless and disorderly, for the profane and sinful, for the wicked and unholy, for the patricides and matricides, for manslayers,
The call of God » Walk worthy of
Therefore I, the imprisoned in the Lord, beseech you to walk Worthy of the calling which ye were called,
The call of God » By his works
Day to day will gush out the saying, and night to night will breathe out knowledge. No saying and no words without their voice being heard.
The call of God » To man is » To glory and virtue
As his divine power having bestowed upon us all things which for life and devotion, by the knowledge of him having called us by glory and fitness:
The call of God » To man is » Heavenly
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, observe the sent and Chief Priest of our assent, Christ Jesus;
The call of God » Partakers of, justified
And whom he before determined, these he also called: and whom he called, these he also justified: and whom he justified, these he also glorified.
The call of God » Is from darkness
And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light:
The call of God » Praise God for
And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light:
Grace » Is the source of » The call of God
And when God was contented, having separated me from my mother's womb, and having called me, by his grace,