Calling
doctrineGod's specific purpose and summons for a person or people, worked through Scripture, circumstance, and the Spirit.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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Calling connects to different paths in Scripture:
Calling arises from God, and leads to Sanctification and Worship.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”Revelation 1:8 →
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:”1 Corinthians 1:26 →
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”James 1:22 →
“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”Hebrews 10:14 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 20 verses
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Read in context →“I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;”
Read in context →“Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.”
Read in context →“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
Read in context →“And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.”
Read in context →“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:”
Read in context →“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,”
Read in context →“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,”
Read in context →“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
Read in context →“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,”
Read in context →“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;”
Read in context →“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
Read in context →“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:”
Read in context →“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;”
Read in context →“And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Read in context →“And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.”
Read in context →“As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”
Read in context →“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
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