How Did God Call Me to Himself?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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From our perspective, coming to Jesus Christ feels like placing our faith in him. But God himself enabled and awakened that faith in us.

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0:00.0	Well, how did God bring me to Himself?
0:08.7	How did He call you to Himself?
0:12.4	And what happened in that sovereign act of His?
0:15.5	It's a question Pastor John addressed in a 2010 sermon on 1 Corinthians chapter 1, verses
0:20.8	26 to 31.
0:21.8	And it's a clip sent into us from a listener named Sue who never forgot it.
0:26.4	She loves this clip.
0:27.4	She wanted to share with us.
0:29.2	It's a good one.
0:30.2	Here now is Pastor John.
0:33.0	Both Jews and Greeks Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
0:38.8	So when the called look at Christ crucified, they don't see something like, they don't
0:44.1	see folly, they see power.
0:47.0	So there are three groups, right?
0:49.1	Three groups in those verses.
0:50.7	Number one, Jews.
0:51.7	Number two, Gentiles.
0:52.7	Number three, called.
0:54.3	That's not quite accurate, is it?
0:55.8	They say a little more carefully.
0:57.6	There are Jews who are not called, Gentiles who are not called, and Jews and Gentiles who
1:04.8	are called.
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