GLEANS - THE HIGHER WAY OF THE HEAVENLY CALLING

TOPIC: THE HIGHER WAY OF THE HEAVENLY CALLING

TEXT: Hebrews 3:1- 4; 2 Timothy 4:9; Philippians 3:13 Isaiah 35:8

We have to become children of God before we can be partakers of the heavenly calling. For "if any man be in Christ is a new creature". 

Christ has called us with a heavenly calling and this is calling is associated to those that are save and been born again forgiving and save from sin. The higher calling is a heavenly, holy calling leading us to the glorious future, for no lion shall be there or any beast shall go in there to respond to this heavenly calling. But the redeemed shall work therein, those whose sin has been forgiven.

The neglected  the way  Eccl.10:15 Jeremiah 6:16-17 ;44:17;18:7-10 Hosea 8:2-3, 12 Hosea 4:6 Hebrews 4:1;2:1Mat.7:18-23 Luke 13:24-28 2 Tim.4:1-8 Hebrews 11:8 Jer.7:23 Gen.22:18 Exodus 23:22-25 Deuteronomy 13:6-8; 1 Samuel 15:22 Job 36:11 Jer.26:3,13 Acts 5:28-32 Roman 6:16

We are to find the old part and walk therein, not neglecting the word of God but consciously working therein. If we must respond this heavenly calling then we should not but permissive will but the very will of God. Children of Israel forsook the old part and the neglect the right part. They way of Christ is the way of turning away from evil for repentance, if we are going to get to heaven then we are to follow the way of the word. 

Many churches today have forsook the old part of preaching repentance and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord, but the delight in preaching miracle preaching and healing but the real thing is strange to them, many people perish today because of lake of knowledge, we are to give proper attention to the word of the Lord we have heard and giving earnest hid to the word of God not letting it slip from us. As we come to this retreat the first thing is salvation, as we hear about the way to heavenly kingdom, our priority as we hear and know about the heavenly calling we should strife by all means to enter through the narrow gate, because the wide gate leads to destruction and eternal condemnation. God love toward human is for everyone to repent and come to the true word of God, for every good tree bringeth fort good fruit and likewise a bad tree bringeth bad fruit, and every tree that bringeth not good fruit shall be cut down. So therefore, we should endeavor to be right with God, and not only professing God with our lips but we should also be ready to do his will. For many will be rejected because the neglect the real thing that is doing the will of God. If you’re a real child of God when you sick you will be healed. 

As Job old on to his conviction he receive double portion of what he had lost, we are to strife no matter what may come to enter in the narrow gate which is our eternal abode as Christian.

Many at the last day will be crying gnashing of teeth because the procrastinate their repentance, knowing full well that the Lord will judge every work. Most times rebuke is not convenient, the Word of God say we should be rebuke for time will come when people will not like to hear sound doctrine, we are diligently  watching all things enduring affliction and doing the work of an evangelize until we finish the work and win the prize. As the word of God come we should obey as the only way leading us to that heavenly calling which is righteous, and if only we will obey the Lord he will heal our Land, for obedience to the Word of God is better than sacrifice, for rebellion is as a sin of witchcraft, if we obey God will be renewed but hypocrite in the heart shall not enter into this heavenly calling. We ought to obey God rather than men..For God is greater than anyone so we are to obey God rather than everyone, and anyone that try to exalt himself more than Christ is an Antichrist, for whom we obey we are servant unto. But God will deposit a power to obey his word  grace will be sufficient to us in Jesus Name.