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  THE CALLED AND THE COMPULSION OF THE CALL PART 2 “For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.”                                                                                                                                1 Corinthians 9:16 - NASB In our previous blog under the same topic, we looked at the general nature of the call into which believers are called. Today, I want to draw your hearts and minds into the understanding of the compulsion under which the called are placed. The person who has been called of God will desire the office not for secular dignity, a post of honour...

THE CALLED AND THE COMPULSION OF THE CALL                                 PART 1 Over the years, Christians have attempted to make a distinction between the call to salvation, and the call to service. Ignorance on the call has rendered majority of Christians in many churches redundant in the service of God. In a typical church of “so called” Christians one will discover that not more than ten percent are in the service of the called. There is service for every of the called; it is a calling into service.  “And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”                                                                 ...