CALL, CALLED, CALLING
to name
• Genesis 1:5, 8, 10; 2:19, 23; 4:17; Isaiah 7:14; Hosea 2:16; Matthew 1:21; Mark 15:12; John 1:42 (cf. Isaiah 45:3)
to summon
• Genesis 3:9; 22:11-12; Deuteronomy 4:26; Matthew 2:15; Mark 10:49; James 5:14 (cf. Acts 4:18. 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:22)
to communicate a divine message
to appoint to divine service
to ascribe
• Psalms 72:17; Isaiah 5:20; 58:13; Malachi 3:12, 15; Matthew 23:9; Mark 10:18; John 15:15; Acts 10:28; Revelation 2:2
as God's election of His people:
(See CHOSEN)
♦ of Israel:
♦ of NT believers:
• Matthew 22:14; Acts 2:39; Romans 8:30; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Ephesians 4:4; I Thessalonians 2:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; Hebrews 9:15; 2 Peter 1:5-11; Revelation 17:14
as divine responsibilities for believers:
♦ general:
♦ of missionary service:
♦ of apostleship:
♦ of peaceful relationships:
♦ of spiritual freedom:
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.