Sermons About Call
The Church of Sardis: Revelation 3:1-6
This church’s strength is its greatest weakness. This church has the reputation of being alive. However, this reputation has caused them to take their eyes off of Jesus and look to themselves. Jesus calls them to remember the message they received and heard. They were dead in their sins until Jesus came and lived a perfect life and shed his precious blood on their behalf on a roman cross to wash away their sins and clothe them in clean garments of his righteousness. He is the one who is alive and we only live, if we live, through him. All boasting must be in him and in what he has accomplished on the cross. This letter is a call for the church which bears the name Christian to need, love, and treasure Christ. We need to wake up from our delusional self-reliance, and remember when Jesus was our only hope. Remember that you are dead and you need Jesus and the Holy Spirit, which he alone can give, to make you alive.
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Jesus' First Call to Discipleship
Who was the man Jesus of Nazareth? Was he really the Son of God? Why was he rejected and killed? Did he really come back to life? If He's alive today, what does it look like to follow Him? These are the questions burning at the heart of Mark's Gospel. Join us as we explore the answers to these questions and see what it means, perhaps for the first time, to know and follow Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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A Vision for the Order of Service at Kaleo El Cajon
Have you ever gone to a church service and wondered why it flowed the way it did? As we begin our services in El Cajon, we want to take some time and explain exactly why we are doing what we are doing. We will answer questions like: "Why do we take communion every week? Why do we preach the way we do? What is the purpose of the benediction? Why do we take an offering? Why do we sing the kind of songs we sing?" and many similar questions.
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In The Dust of the Rabbi Part 2
Part 2 of Pastor Brian's message. "Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have." - Billy Graham
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The Call of repentance and the need for discipline
With every call there is a challenge. In general we are called to confront our sin and repent and turn to God. Clergy are called not only to identify sin and issue a call for repentance but are charged to take action and discipline people as the need to arise. This can and is costly at times.
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Pick Up the Phone
Prospective youth and family pastor Jay Ewing outlines the importance of recognizing God's calling on our lives, describing three different kinds of calls. The first is the General Call, which is the call to salvation and new life through Jesus Christ. The second is the Specific Call, which is the area of need in God's kingdom where our gifts and talents are most useful to fulfill his purposes for our lives. And lastly is the Immediate Call, which is simply the duties of our everyday life, whether it be caring for our families, friends, possessions, or selves. Jay also describes how the specific calling of his life has changed throughout the past 16 years.
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