The Call of God to Salvation

To those who are called of God, the good news in Jesus Christ is the power of God. If you are called of God, you know it.  It is a matter of pure experience between you and the risen Christ.  The true believer can declare, “Now I know in whom I have believed.”

C. H. Spurgeon said, “Ah!  What a mercy it is that it is not your hold of Christ that saves you but His hold of you!  What a sweet fact that it is not how you grasp His hand, but His grasp of yours that saves you!  Jesus Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.”  “But we preach Christ crucified… to those who are called, both to Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:23a, 24).

“To those who are the called… Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”  On occasion Jesus said, “Many are called, but few are chosen.”

There is the general call through the preaching of the Gospel to all who will come and listen, but there is also an effectual call when the Holy Spirit speaks to the individuals and they respond by repenting of their sin and believe on Christ as their personal Savior.

The school bell rings at 8 a.m., and it is a general call for all students to be in their classroom ready to begin their studies.  However, when the teacher says, “Wil, come with me.  We are going to the principal’s office,” that is a special call.

When the apostle Paul said, “We preach Christ crucified…to those who are called,” it is always a special call.  It is the sharp, hot arrow of God’s Word piercing into the heart bringing conviction of sin and saving faith in Jesus Christ.

The effectual call of God is when the Holy Spirit whispers your name and says, “Come to Me.”  The word comes into the soul, and there is no resisting it.  God speaks.  Jesus said, “All that the Father has given to Me shall come.”  That is the effectual call.

The believer is saved by the effectual grace of God.  Saul, the persecutor of the early church, heard the effectual call of God saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (Acts 9:4). Saul could go no further on his way, and a radical change took place in his heart.

Zaccheus saw Jesus coming down the road and climbed up into a tree so he could get a better view.  As Jesus walked He looked up into the tree and called to Zaccheus, “Zaccheus, come down today.  I must abide in your house.”  Zaccheus heard his name called and he could not stay up the tree.

The effectual call of God comes as we listen to the gospel being preached, and there is the power of God drawing the person to repent and believe on Christ.  It is the effectual call because those who hear it respond to God’s free grace and are saved.

The preaching of the cross is a thing of power.  “I have felt it here, in this heart; I have the witness of the Spirit within and know it is a thing of might because it has conquered me; it has bowed me down,” wrote Spurgeon.

It is a thing of power that does it. It is the saving grace of Jesus Christ.  Have you experienced it?  I have.  It is my prayer that you will respond to the good news that Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross.  Can you say in your heart, “Jesus died for me.  I know the blood of Jesus has washed me of all my sins.  God has saved me for all eternity by His cleansing blood.”

Christ to me is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

       “Were the whole realm of nature mine,

       That were a present far too small;

       Love so amazing, so divine,

       Demands my soul, my life, my all.”

This is the response to the effectual call of God.  “To the rest of you who are called, I need say nothing,” Spurgeon said.  “The longer you live, the more deeply Christ taught you are, the more you live under the constant influence of the Holy Spirit, the more you will know the Gospel to be a thing of power, and the more also will you have understood it to be a thing of wisdom.  My every blessing rest upon you; and may God come up with us in the evening.”

Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006

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Can Only Occur If

Reconciliation can only occur if there is a two sided coin used. One sincerely repents, the other completely forgives. Joseph- Anthony: Green

Than All My

Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin. Haldor Lillenas

God delights To

“God prescribes individually for each of His patients. God delights to restore each depressed soul to a sphere of increased usefulness,”  J. Oswald Sanders

Is Something That God Is.

“Justice is not something God has. Justice is something that God is.” A.W. Tozer

We Can Never Be

We can never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. Max Lucado

We Keep the Ten Commandments.

Pa and Ma were at church, and as they were leaving the minister said, “Pa, I wish we’d see you here more than twice a year!”

Pa said, “Ya, I know, but at least we keep the ten commandments.”

The minister said, “Well, that’s good you keep the ten commandments.”

And Pa said, “Ya, Ma keeps six of ’em and I keep the other four…

The four I keep is :

to agree that ma is always right.

I agree that everything is my fault because I am a man.

Ma will receive her breakfast in bed at 7 a.m. sharp.

And finally, Ma’s soap operas take precedence over my football games on TV.”

Last Night I

The earnest prayer of the righteous has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 The Holy Bible, The New International Version

Last night I prayed that mom would be healed from an excruciating pain she has suffered for about a week. Today she she has none of that pain.

Last night I prayed that my buddy, Snowball ( my cat ) would not be a zombie because of his epileptic medicine. but his old self Today, he was his old lovable self again.

Last night I prayed to be lead to a sight that has good Biblical preaching for both mom and I to listen to. Today, I was guided to World Video Bible School . Man do they have fantastic video’s.

Last night I prayed for the Lord to heal mom of her arthritic pain and my pain in my feet. Today I was talking with a woman at the swimming pool who informed me of these great shoes at a discount store that absorb the strain when walking. I am looking forward to buying them.

Whoever says there is no God or that He does not answer the prayers of His children is either not a child of his or their faith is weak or they are baby Christians ( new Christians). Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Jireh ( God who provides Philippians 4:19 ) for Your gracious blessing of amazing provisions to our family. I thank You in the name of the most amazing blessing, Jesus Christ. Amen

Seleh- stop and think about it.

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Just Another Word For

Liberalism is just another word for dictatorship of the masses by the few politically correct. Joseph a son of Jehovah

When People Fight Their Way Through

When people fight their way through their doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, they have attained to a certainty that those who unthinkingly accept things can never reach.
William Barclay