Calling Redemption

Calling

Redemption

The most common use of calling in the Bible is the calling to belong to Christ

The call to His redemptive work

The calling is according to His purpose

The purpose of the call was to make us like His Son, justified and glorified

This call to belong to Christ is also a call to participate

In His redemptive work of the world

Every work place, every vocation or call needs to embrace

The message or Word of Reconciliation

We are called to meet the natural and spiritual need in this world

And it starts right where you are

The call to forgive and love is to bring unity

This is peace and agreement but it is also working together

The call of God is never isolation

The One who called you is faithful to reconcile your body

As well as your soul and spirit

The call is to be sanctified, in shape, good health, spirit, soul, and body

The call starts with you, than to the rest of the world

Redemption

The most common use of calling in the Bible

is the calling to belong to Christ.

The call to His redemptive work.

Paul called to be an apostle said

his specific call was of apostleship.

Look at what he says in Romans 1…

Through him and for his name's sake,

we received grace and apostleship to call

people from among all the Gentiles to

the obedience that comes from faith.

And you also are among those who

 are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

To all in Rome who are loved by

God and called to be saints:

Romans 1:5-7

We have a calling to belong to Jesus Christ…

Called to be saints

Paul speaks of this wonderful call in Romans 8: 28-30…

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.  And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

The calling is according to His purpose.

The purpose of the call was to make

us like His Son, justified and glorified.

Paul declares this calling is not to

some select group but to everyone,

all men to be saved,

by this he also meant women.

This is good, and pleases God our Savior,

who wants all men to be saved and

 to come to a knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:3-5

This call to belong to Christ is also a call to

participate in His redemptive work of the world.

2 Corinthians 5:17-6:1…

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

You and I who have accepted the call to

belong to Christ have been given the call

to share the message of reconciliation.

If we are to explore the specifics of our call or purpose in life…

 We must first understand our call to belong to Christ

and to share the word of redemption of the world. 

Every work place, every vocation or call needs

to embrace the message or Word of Reconciliation.

This Word was from the beginning of creation,

this Word is God, this Word is Jesus.

In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God. 

He was with God in the beginning.

Through him all things were made;

without him nothing was made that has been made.

In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

 The light shines in the darkness,

but the darkness has not understood it.

John 1:1-5

The redemptive work of God needs

to be activated in every workplace…

Through justice, healing, reconciliation,

compassion, kindness, humility and patience.

Colossians 3:12 -17

Our call to reconciliation is not limited to evangelism.

It encompasses everything necessary to make

the world what God always intended it to be.

We are called to participate in the work

of creation and the work of redemption.

The natural and spiritual aspects

of life needs our attention.

We are called to meet the natural and spiritual

need in this world, and it starts right where you are.

No ground is more important than another

for the whole earth needs to be full of His glory.

We are called to forgive and love.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

And over all these virtues put on love,

which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Colossians 3:13-14

The call to forgive and love is to bring unity.

This is peace and agreement but it is also working together.

The call of God is never isolation.

It is a call to unite as His Body, His Church,

to be a part of something bigger than yourself.

When you look at the specific call on New

Testament believers in the book of Acts, you

see the call was confirmed by the church.

 And the church sent the called one out with their backing.

The fingers may be able to reach higher than the foot…

 But the hand cannot reach the high places

unless it is connected to all the other parts

that are stretching all the way

down the body to the toes.

God’s call for you to belong to Christ and the

ministry of reconciliation encompasses

every part of your life…

Spirit, Soul, and Body.

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

The One who called you is faithful to reconcile

your body as well as your soul and spirit.

The call is to be sanctified, in shape,

good health, spirit, soul, and body.

The call starts with you than to the rest of the world.

Scripture Reading

Romans 1:5-7 NIV

5 Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. 6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

Romans 8:28-30 NIV

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

1 Timothy 2:3-5 NIV

3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

2 Corinthians 5:17-6:1 NIV

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Colossians 3:12-17 NIV

12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.