Call of God Call of God addressed to all ISA 45:22 Look unto me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. MAT 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. Blessedness of receiving the Call of God REV 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. Call of God by The Messiah ISA 55:5 Behold, you will call a nation that you know not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto you because of the Lord you God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. ROM 1:6 Among whom are you also the called of Yeshua The Messiah: Call of God by his Gospel 2TH 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah. Call of God by his ministers JER 35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 2CO 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for The Messiah, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in The Messiah's stead, be you reconciled to God. p.3 Call of God by his spirit REV 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whoso ever will, let him take the water of life freely. Call of God by his works PRO 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that haste with his feet sins. PRO 19:3 The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the Lord. ROM 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Call of God effectual to saints PSA 110:3 you people shall be willing in the day of you power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you hast the dew of you youth. ACT 2:47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. ACT 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 1CO 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. Call of God illustrated PRO 9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the high places of the city, PRO 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wants understanding, she saith to him, MAT 23:3 All therefore what so ever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not. p.4 MAT 23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. MAT 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, MAT 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, MAT 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. MAT 23:8 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even The Messiah; and all you are brethren. MAT 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Call of God is from darkness 1PE 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Condemnation *** The State of being Condemned *** JOH 12:48 He that rejects me, and receives not my words, hath one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. HEB 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earn heed to the things which we have heard, l at any time we should let them slip. HEB 12:25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven: p.5 Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Delusion *** A false belief held in spite of invalidating evidence *** ISA 66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 2TH 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2TH 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Destruction PRO 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. MAT 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. MAT 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. MAT 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: MAT 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. MAT 22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Judicial Blindness ISA 6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not. ACT 28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. p.6 ACT 28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, ACT 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and not perceive: ACT 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; l they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. ROM 11:8 According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this day. ROM 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them: ROM 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always. Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Rejection By God PRO 1:24 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; PRO 1:25 But you have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: PRO 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; PRO 1:27 When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you. PRO 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: PRO 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: PRO 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. PRO 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. p.7 PRO 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. JER 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. JER 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Temporal Judgments ISA 28:12 To whom he said, This is the r wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. JER 6:16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find r for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. JER 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. JER 35:17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. ZEC 12:14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Withdrawal of Men's Grace JER 26:4 And you will say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If you will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, JER 26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but you have not hearkened; JER 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. p.8 ACT 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. ACT 18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. REV 2:5 Remember therefore from whence you art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will remove you candlestick out of his place, except you repent. Most Reject the Call of God PRO 1:24 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; MAT 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. Rejecting the Call of God Leads to Partakers of Being Unjustified ROM 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Praise God For The Call Of God 1PE 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; The Call Of God To Man Is According to the Purpose Of God ROM 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ROM 9:11 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls; p.9 ROM 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, ROM 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? The Call Of God To Man Is Heavenly HEB 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, The Messiah Yeshua; The Call Of God To Man Is High PHI 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in The Messiah Yeshua. The Call Of God To Man Is Holy 1TI 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, The Call Of God To Man Is To the Eternal Glory of The Messiah 2TH 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah. The Call Of God To Man Is To Eternal life 1TI 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. The Call Of God To Man Is To Fellowship With The Messiah 1CO 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of his Son Yeshua The Messiah our Lord. p.10 The Call Of God To Man Is To Glory And Virtue 2PE 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: The Call Of God To Man Is To Holiness 1TH 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. The Call Of God To Man Is To Liberty GAL 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. The Call Of God To Man Is To Peace 1CO 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. COL 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also you are called in one body; and be you thankful. Walk Worthy of the Call Of God EPH 4:1 I Therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called,