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“Whom He did predestinate, them He also called.” — Romans 8:30
In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words — “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” Now, here is a touchstone by which we may try our calling. It is “an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace.” This calling forbids all trust in our own doings, and conducts us to Christ alone for salvation, but it afterwards purges us from dead works to serve the living and true God. As He that hath called you is holy, so must you be holy. If you are living in sin, you are not called, but if you are truly Christ’s, you can say, “Nothing pains me so much as sin; I desire to be rid of it; Lord, help me to be holy.” Is this the panting of thy heart? Is this the tenor of thy life towards God, and His divine will? Again, in Philippians, 3:13, 14, we are told of…
“The high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Is then
your calling a high calling? Has it ennobled your heart, and set it upon
heavenly things? Has it elevated your hopes, your tastes, your desires?
Has it upraised the constant tenor of your life, so that you spend it with
God and for God? Another test we find in Hebrews 3:1 — “Partakers of
the heavenly calling.” Heavenly calling means a call from heaven. If man
alone call thee, thou art uncalled. Is thy calling of God? Is it a call to heaven
as well as from heaven? Unless thou art a stranger here, and heaven thy
home, thou hast not been called with a heavenly calling; for those who
have been so called, declare that they look for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God, and they themselves are
strangers and pilgrims upon the earth. Is thy calling thus holy, high,
heavenly? Then, beloved, thou hast been called of God, for such is the
calling wherewith God doth call His people.
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“Whom He did predestinate, them He also called.” — Romans 8:30
In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words — “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” Now, here is a touchstone by which we may try our calling. It is “an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace.” This calling forbids all trust in our own doings, and conducts us to Christ alone for salvation, but it afterwards purges us from dead works to serve the living and true God. As He that hath called you is holy, so must you be holy. If you are living in sin, you are not called, but if you are truly Christ’s, you can say, “Nothing pains me so much as sin; I desire to be rid of it; Lord, help me to be holy.” Is this the panting of thy heart? Is this the tenor of thy life towards God, and His divine will? Again, in Philippians, 3:13, 14, we are told of…
“The high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Is then
your calling a high calling? Has it ennobled your heart, and set it upon
heavenly things? Has it elevated your hopes, your tastes, your desires?
Has it upraised the constant tenor of your life, so that you spend it with
God and for God? Another test we find in Hebrews 3:1 — “Partakers of
the heavenly calling.” Heavenly calling means a call from heaven. If man
alone call thee, thou art uncalled. Is thy calling of God? Is it a call to heaven
as well as from heaven? Unless thou art a stranger here, and heaven thy
home, thou hast not been called with a heavenly calling; for those who
have been so called, declare that they look for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God, and they themselves are
strangers and pilgrims upon the earth. Is thy calling thus holy, high,
heavenly? Then, beloved, thou hast been called of God, for such is the
calling wherewith God doth call His people.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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