Called by God, 32

 ~ The Call of Peter ~

 

Introduction ~ Posts 1 – 21 (beginning on April 16, 2022) of this series looked at aspects of the Christian calling.  Specifically, we viewed the calling of God from three aspects.  First there is the Universal Call to all mankind for salvation.  Second there is the call that all Christians receive—the Obedience Call.  Finally, there is a call which all Christians receive, but sadly few accept, the Career Call. 

 

Beginning in post 22 we started looking at Biblical examples of God calling an individual. 

 

Scripture ~ “And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.  Then He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’  They immediately left their nets and followed Him” (Matthew 4:18-20). 

 

Comment ~ As we have seen in these examples, God’s call can be very different for different individuals and circumstances.  This call was to call Peter to move from being a commercial fisherman to a fisher of men on behalf of God.

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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