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NASB | Romans 11:11 ¶ I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 11:11 ¶ So I say, have they stumbled so as to fall [to spiritual ruin]? Certainly not! But by their transgression [their rejection of the Messiah] salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous [when they realize what they have forfeited]. |
Bible Question: Need a help from the Scriptures of being called to do a job in the church or out of church put someone name on a ballot to be voted for if she or he hasn't a called to do the job? this is a problem with the churches today..how can you do a job if you are not called...I thought somewhere in the Bible we need a call for service or just jump in because someone wanted you on the ballot for a Sunday School Supv I want the word of god to back me up! I can't go alone with voting for someone that someone put your name on a ballot...Help me Please! concerned!! |
Bible Answer: Grace7044, "Calls" have been greatly over exagerated in our time. Now don't missunderstand me, there is truth to a man being called of God. But when somebody in our church wants to drive the youth van, we don't stop and try to make sure the man has received a destiny defining moment of realization before he may do so. What we look at, if we are doing it correctly, are two fold. First and foremost, the top qualification of any role within the church is a godly character. Look at 1 Timothy and see the qualifications of a pastor. Consider how many of them are character and how few of them are a matter of ability. Read the account in acts concerning the choosing of the seven to wait on tables. This is the type of task we'd toss to your youth groups and say, "oh, let the kids have some ministry opportunity!" But in contrast, even for such a thing as waiting tables the apostles called for men filled with the holy spirit. So first of all we require character. Second, we look to see if God has given the spiritual gifts for this task. Whether or not my character is godly, I assure you that you don't want me to be a music minister. God has gifted us for the roles that he wants us to play within the body of Christ. As you look at those two things, if an individual has a desire to serve in a certain way, it is then the role of the church to affirm whether this individual has both the character and the gifts of the spirit for this role. Granted those two things, followed with the individual actually desiring the job, there is nothing standing in the way. The "calling" is pretty much simply a God given desire for the task. There is such a thing as a desire for a task that is not from God. But how to tell the two apart is what we've been talking about, and the job of the church. We pastors have done a huge disservice by making people feel like they must have a damascus road story before they are validated. The truth is, it doesn't happen like that at all...usually. In Christ, Beja |
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