CALL ON THE LORD

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• CALL ON THE LORD
• By
• HAROLD HARSTVEDT

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WHY DID THEY NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• JOB 2113-15
• 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a
  moment go down to the grave.
• 14 Yet they say to God, Depart from us, for we do
  not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
• 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
  And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?

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WHO DID NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• PSALMS 141-4
• 1 The fool said in his heart there is no God.
  They are corrupt. They have done abominable
  works. There is none that does good.
• 2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the
  children of men to see if there were any that did
  understand and seek God.

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WHO DID NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• PSALMS 141-4
• 3 They are all gone aside. They are all together
  become filthy. There is none that does good no,
  not one.
• 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
  They eat up My people as they eat bread and call
  not upon the Lord. (PSALMS 534)

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WHO DID NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• PSALMS 795-6
• 5 How long, Lord? Will you be angry for ever? How
  long, Lord? Shall your jealousy burn like fire?
• 6 Pour out Your wrath upon the heathen that have
  not known you and upon the kingdoms that have not
  called upon your name.

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WHO DID NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• ISAIAH 4321-22
• 21 This people have I formed for Myself, that
  they should show forth My praise.
• 22 BUT Jacob you have not called upon Me. BUT
  Israel you have been weary of me.

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WHY DID THEY NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• ISAIAH 646-7
• 6 We are all as an unclean thing. All our
  righteousness are as filthy rags. We all do fade
  as a leaf and our iniquities, like the wind have
  taken us away.
• 7 There is none that calls upon Your name none
  that stirs up himself to take hold of You. You
  have hid Your face from us and You have consumed
  us because of our iniquities.

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WHO DID NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• JEREMIAH 1021
• 21 The pastors are become brutish. They have not
  sought the Lord. Therefore they shall not prosper
  and all their flocks shall be scattered.
• JEREMIAH 1025
• 25 Pour out Your fury on the heathen that know
  You not
• and upon the families that call not on Your name.
  They have eaten up Jacob devoured him and
  consumed him and have made his habitation
  desolate.

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WHY DID THEY NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• DANIEL 911-14
• 11 All Israel has transgressed Your law by
  departing that they might not obey Your voice.
  Therefore the curse is poured upon us and the
  oath that is written in the law of Moses the
  servant of God because we have sinned against
  Him.
• 12 He has confirmed His words which He spoke
  against us and against our judges that judged us
  by bringing upon us a great evil for under the
  whole heaven has not been done as has been done
  upon Jerusalem.
• 13 As it is written in the law of Moses all this
  evil is come upon us. Yet we made not our prayer
  before the Lord our God, that we might turn from
  our iniquities and understand your truth.
• 14 Therefore the Lord has watched upon the evil
  and brought it upon us. For the Lord our God is
  righteous in all His works which He does and we
  obeyed not His voice.

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WHY DID THEY NOT CALL ON THE LORD?

• JONAH 16
• 6 The shipmaster came to Jonah and said, What
  are you doing, O sleeper? Arise and call upon
  your God if so be that God will think upon us
  that we perish not.
• ZEPHANIAH 16
• 6 They are turned back from the Lord. They have
  not sought the Lord nor inquired for Him.

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WHO SHALL CALL ON THE LORD?

• JOEL 228-32
• 28 It shall come to pass that I will pour out My
  spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters
  shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams
  and your young men shall see visions.
• 29 Upon the servants and handmaids I will pour
  out My Spirit.
• 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the
  earth blood, fire and pillars of smoke.
• 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the
  moon into blood before the great and terrible day
  of the Lord come.
• 32 It shall come to pass that whosoever shall
  call on the name of the lord shall be delivered.
  For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
  deliverance as the Lord has said and in the
  remnant whom the Lord shall call.

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WHO SHALL THEY CALL ON THE LORD?

• ACTS 216-21
• 16 This is that which was spoken by the prophet
  Joel.
• 17 It shall come to pass in the last days, said
  God. I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh.
  Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your
  young men shall see visions and your old men
  shall dream dreams.
• 18 On my servants and handmaidens I will pour out
  in those days of My Spirit and they shall
  prophesy.
• 19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs
  in the earth beneath, blood, fire and vapor of
  smoke.
• 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the
  moon into blood before that great and notable
  day of the Lord come.
• 21 It shall come to pass that whosoever shall
  call on the name of the Lord shall be
  saved. (JOEL 228-32)

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HOW SHALL THEY CALL ON THE LORD?

• ROMANS 1013-21
• 13 Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
  shall be saved.
• 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they
  have not believed? How shall they believe in Him
  of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear
  without a preacher?
• 15 How shall they preach except they are sent? As
  it is written how beautiful are the feet of them
  that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad
  tidings of good things!
• 16 BUT they have not all obeyed the gospel. For
  Esaias said Lord, who has believed our report?
• 17 So then, faith comes by hearing and hearing by
  the word of God.

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HOW WAS THE LORD MANIFESTED TO THEM?

• ROMANS 1013-21
• 18 But I say have they not heard? Yes verily,
  their sound went into all the earth and their
  words to the ends of the world.
• 19 But I say, did not Israel know? First Moses
  said I will provoke you to jealousy by them that
  are no people and by a foolish nation I will
  anger you.
• 20 But Esaias is very bold, saying, I was found
  of them that sought me not. I was made manifest
  to them that asked not after me.
• 21 But to Israel he said, all day long I have
  stretched forth my hands to a disobedient and
  gainsaying people.

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WHO CALLED ON THE LORD?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 12
• 2 To the Church of God which is at Corinth to
  them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus called
  to be saints with all that in every place call
  upon the name of Jesus Christ Our Lord both
  theirs and ours.

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WHY DO YOU CALL ME LORD, LORDAND DO NOT THE
THINGS WHICH I SAY?

• MATTHEW 721-23
• 21 Not every one that says to me Lord, Lord shall
  enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. But he that
  does the will of My Father which is in Heaven.
• 22 Many will say to Me in that day Lord, Lord,
  have we not prophesied in Your name? And in Your
  name have cast out devils? And in Your name done
  many wonderful works?
• 23 Then I will profess to them I never knew you,
  depart from Me you that work iniquity.
• LUKE 646
• 46 Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord and do not the
  things which I say?

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WHY MUST YOU BE BORN AGAIN?

• JOHN 33-7
• 3 Jesus said to Nicodemus, verily, verily, I say
  to you except a man be born again he cannot see
  the Kingdom of God.
• 4 Nicodemus said to Jesus how can a man be born
  when he is old? Can he enter the second time into
  his mother's womb and be born?
• 5 Jesus answered verily, verily, I say to you
  except a man be born of water and of the spirit
  he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God
• 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. AND
  that which is born of the spirit is spirit.
• 7 Marvel not that I say to you. You must be born
  again.

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HOW SHALL THEY BE SAVED?

• MARK 1615-16
• 15 Jesus said to the Apostles go you into all the
  world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be
  saved but
• He that believes not shall be damned.
• MATTHEW 2819-20
• 19 Go, teach all nations baptizing them in the
  name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
  Ghost.
• 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
  I have commanded you. Lo, I am with you always
  even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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HOW WAS NOAH AND HIS FAMILY SAVED?

• 1 PETER 320-21
• 20 Once the longsuffering of God waited in the
  days of Noah while the ark was a preparing
  wherein few, that is eight souls were saved by
  water.
• 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism does
  also now save us NOT the putting away of the
  filth of the flesh BUT the answer of a good
  conscience toward God by the resurrection of
  Jesus Christ.

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HAVE YOU BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST?

• GALATIANS 32627
• 6 You are all the children of God by faith in
  Christ Jesus.
• 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
  Christ have put on Christ.
• TITUS 35
• 5 NOT by works of righteousness which we have
  done
• BUT according to His mercy He saved us by the
  washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy
  Ghost.
• ACTS 2216
• 16 NOW why do you tarry? Arise and be baptized
  and wash away your sins, calling on the name of
  the Lord.

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