Sermon Illustrations

What we are called from and called to:

I. Called from labor to rest (Matt. 11:28)

II. Called from death to life (1 John 3:14)

III. Called from bondage to liberty (Gal 5:13)

IV. Called from darkness into light (1 Pet. 2:9)

V. Called from bondage to peace (1 Cor. 7:15)

VI. Called to the fellowship of His Son (1 Cor. 1:9)

What we are made by obeying the call:

I. We are made sons of God (John 1:12)

II. We are made the children of God (Gal. 3:26)

III. We are made the servants of God (Matt. 25:21)

IV. We are made God’s saints (Col. 1:1)

V. We are made God’s witnesses (I Thess. 2:10)

VI. We are made workers together with God (2 Cor. 6:1)

VII. We are called to a high calling (Phil. 3:14)

VIII. We are called to a holy calling (2 Tim. 1:9)

IX. We are called to a heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1) Pulpit Helps, August, 1992, p. 11.