Six Calls For Involvement In The Lord's Work
I. The Call From Above. ...
1. God calls to Salvation - Matthew 11:28 - Come unto Me
2. God calls to Separate - II Corinthians 6:17- Come out from among
3. God calls to Service - Luke 14:26-27 - Come after Me
II. The Call From Within. . .
II Corinthians 5:14
1. To be taken, as with a fear - Luke 8:37
2. To be pressed, as with a force. - Luke 8:45
3. To be overtaken, as with a fever. - Luke 4:38
III. The Call From Without... Acts 16:9-10
1. Out of darkness, they cry for light - II Corinthians 4:4
2. Out of death, they cry for life. - Ephesians 2:1
3. Out of the dungeon, they try for liberty . . . - Colossians 1:13
The Gospel is the only remedy for them.
IV. The Call From Behind...
1. The Cross cries out. - Hebrews 2:9; II Peter 3:9
2. The Commission cries out. Matthew 28:19-20
3. The Church cries out... - Hebrews 12:1
V. The Call From Before... - II Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:10
At the Judgement seat of Christ, we see: I Corinthians 3:13-15
1. The Potential of our life. . v.13
2. The Price of our laziness . . v.14
3. The Perishing of our labors. v.15
VI. The Call From Beneath . . - Luke 16:27-28
1. The seriousness of the cry. . I pray thee
2. The subjects of the cry.. Send Lazarus to my Fathers house.
*Why did he specify Lazarus? Was it because of the life that Lazarus had lived before him?
**Wonder if anyone in hell today is praying for God to send me to their loved ones' home?????
3. The shame of the cry. . it fell upon unheeding ears. He prayed too late..