{"id":6175,"date":"2012-02-01T07:02:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T15:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=6175"},"modified":"2012-02-01T07:36:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T15:36:05","slug":"the-call-of-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=6175","title":{"rendered":"The Call of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel . . . \u20141 Corinthians 1:17<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-1069\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ut0ENzQcjrM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"575\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nPaul states here that the call of God is to preach the gospel. But remember what Paul means by \u201cthe gospel,\u201d namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. We are inclined to make sanctification the goal of our preaching. Paul refers to personal experiences only by way of illustration, never as the end of the matter. We are not commissioned to preach salvation or sanctification\u2014 we are commissioned to lift up Jesus Christ (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+12:32\">John 12:32<\/a>). It is an injustice to say that Jesus Christ labored in redemption to make me a saint. Jesus Christ labored in redemption to redeem the whole world and to place it perfectly whole and restored before the throne of God. The fact that we can experience redemption illustrates the power of its reality, but that experience is a byproduct and not the goal of redemption. If God were human, how sick and tired He would be of the constant requests we make for our salvation and for our sanctification. We burden His energies from morning till night asking for things for ourselves or for something from which we want to be delivered! When we finally touch the underlying foundation of the reality of the gospel of God, we will never bother Him anymore with little personal complaints.The one passion of Paul\u2019s life was to proclaim the gospel of God. He welcomed heartbreak, disillusionment, and tribulation for only one reason\u2014 these things kept him unmovable in his devotion to the gospel of God.<\/div>\n<div>_____________________________________________________<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>February 1, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n<p>Lord, You have taught us for three years the same lesson,\u00a0 over and over; the most important element of our spiritual lives is our daily,\u00a0 minute by minute intimate relationship with You. \u00a0You have been teaching David and me this\u00a0 lesson and continually bringing us back to this primary truth. Now it seems\u00a0 that You have shifted into a lesson about\u00a0living out\u00a0the Gospel. Yesterday we\u00a0 learned that our sanctification does not come about because we aim or try to\u00a0 become better people; our sanctification evolves as a result of\u00a0the Gospel of our lives\u00a0touching\u00a0others.\u00a0 Today, Chambers seems to\u00a0 reaffirm this notion; that sanctification, personal salvation and spiritual\u00a0development and growth\u00a0come about as a result of raising up Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><em>And God says\u2026\u201dAgain I\u00a0 remind you that Jesus provided but two commandments; love God with all that you\u00a0 are, and love your neighbor as yourself. As a result of obedience to these two commandments,\u00a0 everything else in your life will take care of itself. This does not mean that\u00a0 everything you need and want will come your way, nor does it mean that you will\u00a0 develop the character of a saint when and how you expect and interpret it. It\u00a0 means that when you are connected to Me through Jesus, and live out the good\u00a0 news by loving your brothers and sisters, you are transformed into the very\u00a0 person of Jesus and are no longer concerned about the circumstances of this\u00a0 life. You simply know that I will meet all your needs as you are committed to\u00a0 Me and reach out to others.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSeek first the kingdom of God, which is Jesus, \u00a0and all that you need will be provided\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel . . . \u20141 Corinthians 1:17 Paul states here that the call of God is to preach the gospel. But remember what Paul means by \u201cthe gospel,\u201d namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. 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