Our Calling is?

 

Ephesians 4:5-6

Our calling is to “one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”  That is a clear calling to us who go by the name of Christian, a God who is over all and through all and in all.  It is not a new call, it was the same message God sent by Moses to the Israelites coming out of Egypt, and going through the waters of the Red Sea on dry ground.  Our Lord was the rock that Moses struck to bring water to a people, who had no source of water, and it was His faithfulness that gave them manna (bread from heaven) for forty years and their shoes and clothes did not ware out. Moses gave these people who witnessed the “one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all” this message, do not forget the one who brought you to the party.  But they did what we often do in good times, in times of abundance; they began to live independent of God. Is independent living a problem in 2010 and should we the church adhere to the message of the apostle Paul?  In Romans 1:22-23, “Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.”  Stop reading and just think about what values people are putting on pets and animals, and then remember that Jesus told us; “For where your treasures is, there will your heart be also.” (Luke 12:34)

The bad news is that Moses told them when they forgot it was “one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all” He would scatter them among the people of the earth, but Moses also told them this good news: “But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.  When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice.”  (Deuteronomy 3:29-30)  I believe we are about to see that prophecy fulfilled, the Jewish people turning back to God, in our time.

That is the good news for Israel, but when the President of the United States turned his back on Israel it was bad news for our Nation.  He, being ignorant of the Scriptures, has no understanding of his actions.  The one God and Father of all gave this promise to Abram, that He would make him into a great nation and I will bless you.  But this is what our ignorant President has done by his actions on June 4, 2010 he the President of the United States has brought God’s curses on us.  In Genesis 12:3, it is written; “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

We who are called by the name of Christian must do what God requires, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice