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Discipleship Focus: Calling
- Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.
If our
authority is from the Father as I asserted yesterday, then what is our
calling? Are we to go out and beat
people over the head with the Bible until they yield? Are we to go out and make war with those who
are not Christians? Are we go through
life looking down upon those who have not yet embraced God’s love?
Did
Christ beat people over the head with God’s Word? Did Christ make war? Did Jesus look down upon those who did not
have a relationship with the Father?
No. Jesus did none of these things. Jesus came and taught anyone who would
listen. Jesus came and died for the sake
of other people. While being powerful,
Jesus sacrificed Himself for the sake of the people around Him.
Paul
tells us in Galatians 2:19-20 that we are to do the same. Paul says that he has been crucified with
Christ. It is no longer he who lives,
but Christ who lives within him. The
same should be true for us. Our calling
is to live like Christ. We are not to beat
people down with God’s Word. We are not
to make war with those who oppose us. We
are not to look down upon the people around us.
Instead, we should sacrifice ourselves for the sake of the people around
us. That is our calling.
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