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  GOD SAVES US BY CALLING US
  by John Piper
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the divine calling and predestination of
believers, highlighting how God's call brings individuals to faith and
new life in Christ. The analogy of Lazarus being called forth from death
to life is used to illustrate the miraculous nature of God's call in
salvation, even for those who may not have been formally taught. Through
the gospel, God's call creates life, sparks faith, and leads to
justification through union with Christ.

Topics: "Divine Calling", "New Life in Christ"
Scripture References: Romans 8:30, John 11:43, Ephesians 2:8, Galatians 2:20

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the divine calling and predestination of
believers, highlighting how God's call brings individuals to faith and
new life in Christ. The analogy of Lazarus being called forth from death
to life is used to illustrate the miraculous nature of God's call in
salvation, even for those who may not have been formally taught. Through
the gospel, God's call creates life, sparks faith, and leads to
justification through union with Christ.

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CONTENT
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Those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called, all
of them he brought to faith. They came to faith. That's what the call
does.

Lazarus, come forth! Dead live! That's the call of God. If you are a
believer, that miracle happened to you. You may have never been taught,
that's how you got saved.

That's how you got saved. God, through the gospel, called you, created
life, faith happened, union with Christ justified.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/wF3drqC5Le0.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-piper/god-saves-us-by-calling-us/
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