God Calling People

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. — read the full passage →

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For many are called, but few chosen.”

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; — read the full passage →

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. — read the full passage →

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” — read the full passage →

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. — read the full passage →

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. — read the full passage →

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. — read the full passage →

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; — read the full passage →

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: — read the full passage →

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb. — read the full passage →

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. — read the full passage →

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him. — read the full passage →

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. — read the full passage →

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.