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Who called U? Ep 3387 · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Gracious God, we thank you for who you are,
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  Speaker 1: who you continue to be in each of our lives.
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  Speaker 1: As we enter today's message, we ask you to allow
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  Speaker 1: your Holy Spirit to take and make it real, and
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  Speaker 1: make it real unto the listeners as you continue to
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  Speaker 1: make it real for my individual life.
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  Speaker 2: In Christ's name we ask you and thank you. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The question is, who's calling you here on episode 3,387?
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  Speaker 1: You say, who's calling you? Yes, who's calling you? In
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  Speaker 1: the word, the Lord called Samuel. So you can easily understand,
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  Speaker 1: hope in your own life, that this was not a
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  Speaker 1: voice which others could hear or Eli could have heard it.
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  Speaker 1: Because the voice to Samuel was very, very clear. How
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  Speaker 1: about the one that's coming to you? And when you
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  Speaker 1: look in the Word, you see how that Samuel was
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  Speaker 1: sure that somebody had called him, are you? Because when
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  Speaker 1: we look at the Scripture, it allows us to see
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  Speaker 1: that others can be used of the Lord in clearing
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  Speaker 1: up our call, especially if they are in the right
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  Speaker 1: relationship with God. They also can prove to us that
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  Speaker 1: it is the Lord and Not some man or woman,
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  Speaker 1: woman or man that's calling. But you also got to
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  Speaker 1: remember that the call got to be heard by the
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  Speaker 1: one called and by him alone. So you can go
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  Speaker 1: to this person, that person, this person, but how about
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  Speaker 1: the one that was called? And so you got to
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  Speaker 1: look at how unwise we are a lot of times
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  Speaker 1: when we expect others that surround us in our circle.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe not in our circle to understand our calling.
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  Speaker 1: Because all they can say to you in all probability
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  Speaker 1: would be to lie down again. But think about how
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  Speaker 1: many hearts have been called and went out and spoke
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  Speaker 1: to others about their call and received that same answer,
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  Speaker 1: you know, go ahead and lie down again and again.
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  Speaker 1: You did just that and so finally you quit. And
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  Speaker 1: when you heard the voice and risen and made your
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  Speaker 1: resolution to go through with the Lord, But then you
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  Speaker 1: went to all these people and everybody around you told
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  Speaker 1: you to, it's not funny, but told you to go
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  Speaker 1: lie down again. Think about the rise at the call
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  Speaker 1: of God. And somebody's telling you to go lie down.
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  Speaker 1: You know, maybe this time some other servant of God
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  Speaker 1: may answer you differently and speak as Eli did when
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  Speaker 1: he spoke to Samuel. You remember that, don't you? Because
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  Speaker 1: I know you're studying. Remember how Eli perceived that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord had really called him?
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  Speaker 2: You remember that?
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  Speaker 1: So you can't expect a voice to be clear to
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  Speaker 1: others surrounding you because God is trying to bring your ears,
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  Speaker 1: your ears, your ears to understand.
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  Speaker 2: That it is the Lord. Listen to his call again.
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  Speaker 1: Remember how Elisha saw the horses and chariots round about,
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  Speaker 1: doping at.
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  Speaker 2: The time of his siege?
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  Speaker 1: And remember this young man's servant couldn't see the host
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  Speaker 1: of heaven which Elisha could see?
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  Speaker 2: Remember he prayed to the Lord to show the young man,
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  Speaker 2: and the Lord opened his eyes.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe you should pray that God would give you
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  Speaker 1: an ear to hear what you must not expect the
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  Speaker 1: world to hear. and to see what you must not
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  Speaker 1: expect others to see. Think about the blessed Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: that resides in you, you know, the Comforter. Remember, He's
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  Speaker 1: come to bring to our remembrance the things of Christ
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  Speaker 1: and reveal in Him all of His fullness to us.
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  Speaker 1: And you've got to ask that our vision and our
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  Speaker 1: hearing be sensitive to Him. It's sensitive to everybody else.
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  Speaker 1: How about the one that has called you? The Word says,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lord said to Samuel, Samuel, took the advice
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  Speaker 1: of Eli and spoke as Eli had told him to speak.
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  Speaker 2: Speak for thy servant here.
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  Speaker 1: So my brethren, household of faith, if we're to have
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  Speaker 1: a clear life in God, it starts with a yes.
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  Speaker 1: And it virtually means that you're open to anything that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is going to say, whether it's good or bad,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it is, you say yes. But the question you've
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  Speaker 1: got to ask and answer in your own individual life,
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  Speaker 1: are you looking for a clear life, a clear leading place?
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  Speaker 1: Because you've got to be sure that you have no choice,
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  Speaker 1: no will, but hunger to hear only what he would have.
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  Speaker 2: To say to you. You are, are you not? Isn't
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  Speaker 2: it strange that he used to speak to Samuel first
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  Speaker 2: of all of judgment?
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  Speaker 1: But since the fear of the Lord has been gained
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  Speaker 1: in wisdom, you know, God generally speaks to us of
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  Speaker 1: terrible consequences of disobeying him. Eli had disobeyed God and
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  Speaker 1: not correcting his sons, and God gave Samuel an awful
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  Speaker 1: sense of the chastening of the Lord because of disobedience.
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  Speaker 2: Remember, hide it not from me.
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  Speaker 1: Eli knew that God had talked to Samuel, and he
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  Speaker 1: was sure that God had talked to Samuel about him,
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  Speaker 1: because Eli was the one to whom God should have
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  Speaker 1: been speaking with. But God had been speaking to Eli,
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  Speaker 1: maybe like he's been speaking to you and you and
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  Speaker 1: you and.
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  Speaker 2: You, but Eli had not heard.
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  Speaker 1: Now God, he turns and speaks to the little child
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  Speaker 1: and through the lips of a child prophet, he reproved
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  Speaker 1: his old servant and announced his downfall because of disobedience.
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  Speaker 2: So think about it.
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  Speaker 1: Eli knew, just like you did, that the moment Samuel
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  Speaker 1: was spoken to, that he had been displaced. And he
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  Speaker 1: was anxious to hear the news that the Lord had
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  Speaker 1: sent through his newly chosen servant. And of course you've
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  Speaker 1: got to ask and answer in your own life. Are
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  Speaker 1: you in a place where God cannot talk to you directly?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, think about it. Have you lost a close
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  Speaker 1: fellowship and now you've got to get others to get
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  Speaker 1: the voice of God for you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, if that's the case, you want to stop. Don't
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  Speaker 2: go no further.
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  Speaker 1: You want to come before the Lord alone and seek
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  Speaker 1: his face lest the chastener ride far on you. Remember
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  Speaker 1: what the scripture talks about, let him or her do
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  Speaker 1: what seemeth him good. Think about it. Eli's answer is
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  Speaker 1: like the answer of a criminal who had been caught.
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  Speaker 1: Think about what he was doing, evading, invading for weeks.
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  Speaker 1: He's tired, and then when he's arrested, he cries out
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  Speaker 1: that he doesn't care about what happened. Well, that's the
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  Speaker 1: same thing Eli had been doing. He had been evading God.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't bring his voice to judgment. And maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: what you're doing. You haven't brought your son, your daughter,
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  Speaker 1: your daughter, and your son.
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  Speaker 2: Your son to judgment will have you. Or did you
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  Speaker 2: bring yourself up before God?
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  Speaker 1: Well, think about Eli. He knew the end got to
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  Speaker 1: soon fall. And when it fell, he knew it was
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  Speaker 1: from the hand of the Lord. And answered, let him
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  Speaker 1: do what seemed of good.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, when you.
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  Speaker 1: Look at the other side to this, that he took
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  Speaker 1: it all from God and didn't refuse to chase the
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  Speaker 1: rod of God. He knew that God would deal with
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  Speaker 1: him in chastisement and in tender mercy since he surrendered
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  Speaker 1: himself to the rod. Because it was all done because
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  Speaker 1: of God's love for Eli. And all that chastening of
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  Speaker 1: God is because you know it's true. He loves you.
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  Speaker 1: And because we are sons and daughters of him. Remember
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  Speaker 1: what the scripture says? For whom the Lord loveth, he
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  Speaker 1: chasteneth and chastises every son whom he receiveth. Are you
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  Speaker 1: going to respond to us, Carl?
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  Speaker 2: But are you? You sure? All right.