• The saved relationship is what defines God’s people.

  • The church is not something we get into on the way to heaven. The church is people.

  • The church is people who hear God’s call (Hebrews 3:1.

  • “Church” comes from a word that means “called out”. It can also refer to an assembly.

  • Acts 19 - “church” used to refer to a riotous mob.

  • I Corinthians 14:26 - how a church should behave when assembled to worship

  • The nature of this calling

  • I Peter 1:15

  • The blessings of this calling

  • Romans 9:26 - We are sons of this calling.

  • I Corinthians 1:2 - called to be saints

  • I Corinthians 1:9

  • Colossians 3:15 - called to peace

  • I Peter 3:9

  • I Peter 5:10

  • The demands of the calling

  • We must examine ourselves to see how we answer the demands of this call. We must be participators and not just spectators in His service.

  • Matthew 20:25-27

  • The hope of this calling

  • Ephesians 4:4

  • The terms of this calling

  • Acts 2:36-38 - We must have faith, confess, repent, and be baptized.

  • I John 1:7