2. I. GOD CALLING?

3. 1) to be saved.

4. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

5. “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.” Mark 16:16

6. I. GOD CALLING? 1) to be saved.

7. “For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:13

8. “The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” Acts 2:39

9. “God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.” I Corinthians 1:9

10. “We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” I Corinthians 1:23-24

11. “But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying

12. work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

13. “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” 2 Peter 1:3

14. I. GOD CALLING? 1) to be saved.

15. I. GOD CALLING? 1) to be saved. 2) to be changed.

16. “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.” Romans 8:28

17. “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.

18. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” Romans 8:29-30

19. “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” I Corinthians 1:2

20. “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.” I Peter 1:15

21. “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.” I Thessalonians 4:7

22. I. GOD CALLING? 1) to be saved. 2) to be changed.

23. “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” Ephesians 4:1

24. I. GOD CALLING? 1) to be saved. 2) to be changed. 3) to be used.

25. “Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve— designating them apostles—that

26. they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach.” Mark 3:13-14

27. “worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Acts 13:2

28. “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.” 2 Thessalonians 1:11

29. “You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.” Galatians 5:13

30. II. WHY STALLING?... because there are a whole lot of other calls we are answering instead