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Ask Pastor John

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

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🗓️ 28 January 2015

⏱️ 5 minutes

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When God issues his call to awaken new spiritual life in a once dead heart, he create what he commands out of an overflow of his love.

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0:00.0	First Corinthians 126 commands us, consider your calling.
0:10.6	So what is our calling?
0:12.0	Pastor John explained in his sermon by that very title preached back on April 25, 2010.
0:18.3	Here's a clip of what he said in that sermon.
0:20.9	Verse 26, consider your calling, brothers.
0:27.7	That's what I'm asking you to do right now.
0:29.8	Do some considering right now.
0:31.6	And the first thing I suppose you'd ask is what's he talking about?
0:34.8	My job, like carpenter, nurse, teacher, homemaker?
0:39.9	No, that's not what he's talking about.
0:42.6	How do you know that's not what he's talking about?
0:44.8	Well, mainly I know because of verses 22 to 24.
0:49.8	Read this, consider, consider your calling, brothers and sisters.
0:53.4	Consider your calling as I read verses 22 to 24.
0:57.6	Jews demand signs.
1:00.7	Greeks seek wisdom.
1:04.4	But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews,
1:10.8	and folly to Gentiles or Greeks, he's using the interchangeable.
1:15.6	But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,
1:22.0	Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1:25.3	So when the called look at Christ crucified,
1:28.6	they don't see something block, they don't see folly,
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