Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. - 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Called. The Corinthians were called into fellowship with Jesus. Paul was called to be an apostle. We are all called to fellowship with Jesus. But not everyone was called to be an apostle. Not even Sosthenes (v1) There are plenty of roles to be played in God's plan. We would be fools to ignore any call of God.
The general call to fellowship-God wants to know us all this way. But the other call must be discovered. My intuition is that many of the discovered callings don't neatly fall into a category, like apostle. There just aren't enough words to name all of the callings that God has for us all, because he has made us so unique. The most important thing is to remember the one who calls and keep our face towards his light and he will reveal what he wants, if we are really listening and seeing openly.
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