When you choose your own way, you lose your happiness
Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. __ have chosen you,_ Jesus said, __ou have not chosen me._ We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally __ave no choice.
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Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. __ have chosen you,_ Jesus said, __ou have not chosen me._ We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally __ave no choice.
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