1 Corinthians 1:1 ~ On Call

 

1 Corinthians 1:1

NKJV

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.

 

NLT

This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes.

 

“Paul knows that he is not one of the twelve apostles, but he is on par with them because, like them, he is chosen by God.” (Robertson)

 

I had a call this morning with a brother in Christ and part of our discussion was about being in ministry.  A lot of times, when we hear this statement, we think about being vocationally employed by the church.  This is not the case at all, Paul said he was called to be an apostle.  Now you may be asking yourself, what does that mean?  To me it means that I was in full time ministry starting on September 26^th, 1992 (the day I was saved).  That idea may be hard to wrap your head around, but the fact is we are called the very hour that we give our life to Christ.  In 1 Peter 2:9 it says “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”  Today, I think we should start acting like we are called.  Stop giving excuses for our laziness, insecurities, ect, ect ect!  We have been given the power to live a life called by Christ, unfortunately we let this flesh bag, we live in here, have all the control.  Our call is greater than our insecurities; our call is greater than our fears; our call is greater than our egos!  There are so many things our call is greater than, so start today living your life in the call to Christ.

 

On Call,

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