{"id":35803,"date":"2022-09-13T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-calling-who-is-called-are-there-types-of-calling-is-calling-the-same-as-the-gifts-of-the-holy-spirit-uganda\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:28:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:28:43","slug":"what-is-calling-who-is-called-are-there-types-of-calling-is-calling-the-same-as-the-gifts-of-the-holy-spirit-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-calling-who-is-called-are-there-types-of-calling-is-calling-the-same-as-the-gifts-of-the-holy-spirit-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"What is calling? Who is called? Are there types of calling? Is calling the same as the gifts of the holy spirit? (Uganda)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A calling is an invitation<\/strong>. Presently, there is only one call<\/em>.<\/strong> Ephesians 4:1, 4 (NASB20), 1 “Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling<\/strong> with which you have been called<\/strong>, … 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called<\/strong> in one hope of your calling”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Who is called?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (NIV), 26 “Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.<\/strong> Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish<\/strong> things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak <\/strong>things of the world <\/strong>to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things <\/strong>of this world and the despised things-<\/strong>-and the things that are not–to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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The Type of our Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Gospel Age, God is calling us to sacrifice<\/strong> our lives (Romans 12:1) to follow Jesus.<\/strong> We are called to obey God’s will unto death. It is a high calling because the reward for faithfulness is the divine nature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2 Peter 1:3-4, 10-11 (NKJV), 3 “as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue<\/strong>, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature<\/strong>, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. … 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure<\/strong>…”<\/p>\n

This one call to follow our Lord opened after Jesus’s resurrection.<\/strong> Hebrews 10:20 (KJV), “By a new<\/strong> and living way,<\/strong> which he hath consecrated for us<\/strong>, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh”. It will end when the Church is complete.<\/p>\n

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A Future New Invitation<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Christ reigns on Earth, all mankind <\/strong>will be invited to life and righteousness. Then “the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come<\/strong>!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come<\/strong>!’ And let him who thirsts come<\/strong>. Whoever desires<\/strong>, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17 (NKJV) The reward will be everlasting life on Earth as perfect human beings. (Isaiah 65:21-25.)<\/p>\n

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Gifts Different from Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Briefly, in New Testament times, after a believer was called and begotten of the Holy Spirit, the Apostles could impart miraculous gifts of the spirit to them. Romans 1:11 (RSV), “For I long to see you, that I <\/strong>(Paul<\/em>) may impart to you some spiritual gift<\/strong> to strengthen you,” When the apostles died, the gifts could no longer be given. Therefore, the gifts ceased<\/strong> with the early church. But the High Calling is still open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A calling is an invitation. Presently, there is only one call. Ephesians 4:1, 4 (NASB20), 1 “Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, … 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called … Continue reading “What is calling? Who is called? Are there types of calling? Is calling the same as the gifts of the holy spirit? (Uganda)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}