Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling
and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and
you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
(II. Peter 1.10 &11).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
There is one body and one Spirit- just as there is also one hope
that belongs to the calling you received-
There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of us all, Who is above all (Sovereign over all),
pervading all and living in us all.
Yet grace was given to each of us individually in proportion to the
measures of Christ’s rich and bounteous gift.
(Ephesians 4.4-7).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
CALLING
An amazing surprise, a wave of excitement and delight fill our hearts
as we find in God’s word that we are elected and called to be in His
Kingdom. We find out how good and how kind He is this King of kings and
Lord of lords Who adds us to His people, the Church His community of the
King of Israel. We find a line stretching all the way back to Abel, Seth,
Noah and Abraham. We find we are heirs with Jesus Christ Who Is the
Creator, Savior and Ruler of all. We find it amazing that we are indeed
included!
We find out that we can share this experience with others near and far,
past, present and future.
“The seventy returned with joy,saying, ‘Lord, in your name even the
demons submit to us !’ he said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven
like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt
you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you,
but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’”
(Luke 10: 17-20).
HALLELUJAH! WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVER!
ONE BODY
There is one body and one Spirit
just as there is also one hope that
belongs to the calling you received.
(Ephesians 4.4).
POINTS FOR MEDITATION
1) There is no other future
destiny to hope outside
of Jesus.
2) His purpose stands. We stand
with Him.
3) Our future is secure in His eternity.
4) There is one body of Christ.
He is the head of the body.
The Holy Spirit unites us
with His unique power.
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU
LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
SUMMONS TO JOY AND FREEDOM
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,
appeal to and beg you to walk worthy
of the divine calling to which you have
been called (with behavior that is a
credit to the summons to God’s service.
(Ephesians 4.1).
POINTS FOR PRAISE
AND MEDITATION
1) St. Paul considers himself the prisoner
of the Lord. This is not to indicate lack
of freedom. On the contrary our freedom
is God’s freedom. We enter into God’s
freedom. Where the Spirit of the Lord is
there is freedom.
2)This in essence is the summons to
joy and freedom.
3)St. Paul is set in His course for His life
thoroughly committed to God’s way.
4) God’s way of life is His lifestyle, to
live a life worthy of the divine calling to
which we have been called, to His glory,
not seeking our own, but seeking His way
of life.
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!