This word "call"
in Greek,
Kaleo,
appears 148 times in the New Testament.
It is the greek word used for the Hebrew word
"cara."
This word first appears at the beginning of Genesis
when God speaks and he calls the light day
and the dark night.
In the Bible,
and especially in the Gospels,
the word "call" has an intrinsic meaning.
The call defines a person
and calls them out of one reality
and into another.
So Jesus calls fishermen,
and in the call itself
is the power for those men
to leave their nets,
leave their family legacy,
leave their place in society,
and follow Jesus.
And in the call
is another reality.
The call defines you.
So Jesus calls them and says,
from now on
you will be fishers of men.
Notice what Jesus does here.
He does not say
You were once fishermen,
and now I am going to make you
Christian accountants.
No.
The call of God
transforms what they are,
their natural gifts and abilities,
into something much higher.
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