You were called into a relationship with God
1 Cor. 1:9
God is faithful by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
God wanted a relationship that is real and vibrant with YOU! If you are reading this, and you have placed your hope in the Lord Jesus Christ and have repented of your active sinning against Him, then you can rest assured that you have been called. Being “Called” or “Predestined” or “Elected” is basically all the same meaning. It means that God who is faithful to you – and because of the kind intentions of a loving heart toward YOU – before you were born – set his will to call you to Himself for the purpose of Fellowship. NOT RELIGION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RELIGION – that is man-made – centers on what you do for God rather than what God did for you. God who is perfectly Holy (I have really no concept of what this REALLY means – I can’t imagine what something is like that has no flaws at all and will not tolerate anything or anyone to be near his holiness without death occurring) paved the pathway to Himself through the death of Himself on the Cross.
All so that you can have fellowship with Him throughout your day. Well – how’s your fellowship? Would you say that your fellowship with the Lord is important to you? Do you spend time talking and listening to him? (His Holy and perfect Word) Is He a part of every detail of your day? Do you understand that God is sovereignly putting together every detail of your life – so that YOU will fellowship with HIM?
He died so that He could Call you into His fellowship – not religion.
Spend some time thinking about this today. I hope it will lead you to some serious Praise!
Tim Gowens